auntie
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- Joined
- Jan 7, 2003
Earlier tonight I was outside on the back deck of my home. I had forgotten to take in some laundry that had been drying in the fresh September air earlier today. While performing my mundane chore, my eyes wandered westward toward Manhattan. That's when I saw them. The lights from Ground Zero shining into the clouds..or was the light shining from the heavens down onto a somber city?
For most of this day, I chose to avoid any coverage of 9-11. It is normally my custom to watch the coverage..and mark the moments of silence when the planes hit..and when the towers fell. To listen to each name of those who perished as it is read aloud by their loved one. I don't even know why..but I always just felt it was the least I could do. To listen..and remember. This year, having had a particulary rough time, and feeling somewhat sorry for myself...I figured, I needed to .."move on"..and not dwell on the memories of September 11, 2001.
Yet...there I was gathering laundry..and there they were..those lights. Those three thousand souls...
The lights...they are barely visable on this cloudy, sorrow filled evening 9 years later. All the more reason.....
May we never forget
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For most of this day, I chose to avoid any coverage of 9-11. It is normally my custom to watch the coverage..and mark the moments of silence when the planes hit..and when the towers fell. To listen to each name of those who perished as it is read aloud by their loved one. I don't even know why..but I always just felt it was the least I could do. To listen..and remember. This year, having had a particulary rough time, and feeling somewhat sorry for myself...I figured, I needed to .."move on"..and not dwell on the memories of September 11, 2001.
Yet...there I was gathering laundry..and there they were..those lights. Those three thousand souls...
The lights...they are barely visable on this cloudy, sorrow filled evening 9 years later. All the more reason.....
May we never forget
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