Wordless Wednesday

Mondays can seen a bit evil at times; not that I speak from experience or anything.
I have found that the image to the right.....represents how I feel at times: trying to climb through the window and having too much baggage in my "trunk" and not being able to get a foot hold!  I posted this to bring a smile to your faces, I hope I succeeded? Tell me your thoughts, as I am nosey like that.

Fall is Just Around the Corner!!

Something tells me that Fall is just around the corner! Today is the first day that I turned on my heat pump for some blessed warm air!! Three nights ago we slept with our windows open and the fan moving the air! Tonight, I may crack the window for fresh air, but you can bet it will NOT be wide open anymore.

Wordless Wednesday

I'll Never Forget

9/11/2001  A day I'll never forget.

I awoke that morning hearing that people were falling from the sky;

what a weird dream I thought!

Not strange enough I guessed,

the phone rang and it was my soon to be married baby sister,

she lived in upstate New York.

A school teacher trying to calm her classroom

telling them that everything should be okay,

all the while making phone calls

to make sure that her students would still have parents when they got home.

I went to work that morning, listening to the radio stations

and kept thinking maybe I should just go home ;

but I had clients that day and only one was brave enough

to come in and listen with me to the radio.

I later was sent home on account

that we had a bomb threat at the Mall where I worked.

I drove home with tears in my eyes at the loss of so

many lives gone

Fifteen days later, my daughter and I

boarded a plane heading to New York

hoping nothing bad would happen to us while

on our flight.

The wedding went off without any problems

the next day I went to the local Wal Mart

to develop my photos from the night before.

Standing outside waiting for my dad to pick me up

I encountered several firemen from the local station houses.

They asked me if I needed something and I answed

with my west coast twang, "no I'm fine".

They stopped in awe and asked me "Where are you from?"

I answered, "I'm from Oregon, I'm here for my baby sisters' wedding."

They stood there shaking their heads not believing that I was from Oregon

that I had flown with my daughter and that we'd be returning home soon.

Those firemen told the crowd that was donating

money to help with cleanup and supplies in

New York city;

that I was a hero, my daughter and I were both heroes.

For getting on a plane and flying 15 days afterwards;

for not being afraid,

and not letting tragedy get in the way of Family.

I just wanted to share with you what happened

on that fateful day; when I

decided that I was an American

 and I was Proud to live in the Land of the Free

the Home of the Brave!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday