A wonderful end to a difficult day

I came home tonight from taking Nicolette to karate, for her belt testing. To see if she learned her "dragon form" cata. She passed and she know will be a gold belt. So excited about her accomplishment! Anyways, I come home after this difficult day and walk into my kitchen and found these flowers. I, having no clue why they were there asked Nick "who's flowers are these" and he said so warmly "these flowers are for you, to remember your friends the right way".

I can't tell you how much that this meant to me. It's not that I haven't had flowers given to me from Nick before, because I have. But for some reason today, these flowers meant the world to me!

So, thank you Nick for your act of kindness and thoughtfulness.

Patriot Day

I woke up this morning knowing what day it was. Hoping this year would be a little easier, but it's not. You can not turn on the radio with out hearing people describe what they saw or heard on this day. You can't turn on the TV without seeing the towers on fire, or collapsing. It's not fair.

I am all about remembering today, and the people that were victims, but can we do that with out being morbid. I know what I saw, I know what I heard and I know what my friends who were in the building said to me before they died. To think about that is hard enough never mind seeing the towers on every television channel. That does not help us remember, it just makes us sad knowing what they were going threw for their last minutes on earth.

I guess everyone grieves in there own way. Today, and every year on this day I think about my friends and I tell myself a funny story about each of them and it brings a smile to my face, even if it only last for a moment, but I know that they would want me to be smiling for them!

Rest in Peace my friends, rest in peace.