Quote For the Evening: Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
~Aristotle~* Thanks Darren, for sharing this quote. *hug*
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Six months since the tragedy. Five years since Grannie's death. Today should seem like and feels like an ordinary day to me. Yet it holds a lot of meaning. When the Towers went down, when the Pentagon was hit, when the plane went down in Pennsylvania, I never thought past that point. It was too awesome (and I don't mean in a cool way) for me to comprehend what life would be like afterwards. But now the six month mark is here. I can't believe it went by fast. They've begun to rebuild Ground Zero. On the news it looked pretty darn good. In the Towers' place they had two blue beams of light rising into the night sky. Like a true marshmallow, I started tearing up.
I was home from ISU on Spring Break, working on a story for the Bengal--yes, I worked even on my break--when Nan called five years ago. A few days before, she'd called to ask us all to fast and pray that Grannie would peacefully slip away. When Mom identified Nan on her second call I knew Grannie was dead. She had slipped into a coma that Sunday and at midnight on March 11th, she stopped breathing. Nan held her hand till the end. I miss my great-grandmother. But I sometimes feel her presence.
The number 11 will always mean something to me now that I really think about it. The number 8 is not alone anymore. If you're confused, don't be. My birthday: July 8th, Aubree's: June 8th, an old former penpal's from New Zealand: Oct. 8th, Jessy's: Aug. 8th, Foursheep's: March 8th, Sandy's: March 8th, Heather's (I believe): April 8th.
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