This is my charm bracelet from when i was younger. Each charm represented something meaningful to me.

Last Friday. I guess they were testing the lights. I was heading back to Astoria in Queens from ”the city” which is what anyone in the other four boroughs calls Manhattan. Taken from a moving car going over the 59th street bridge.

A very heavy day here today.

Oh my goodness, Hobbitmom. Please thank him for his service.

thanks, ded. It seems like such a long time ago, until each 911. Then not so much.

Amazing shot, Michele!

hobbitmom, you must be very proud of him.🇺🇸

Sweetest grandparents EVER!💕

Flags of Valor, Sept 11, 2016, Forest Park, St Louis, MO

Thanks Chloebud

Today

Quilt full of remembrances

This is my dad. I think of him on this day, because our family had a very different 9/11/2001 than most people.

My dad had been treated with chemo and radiation for lung cancer - he had a 4 cm tumor, inoperable.

On Sept 11, he had a scan that showed the tumor had disappeared. He and my Mom watched the news unfold on the TV in the cancer center waiting room.

As we shared our good news with others, people were overjoyed - even coworkers of mine who had never met my dad. Everyone was so desperate for ANY good news, that they clutched this with both hands.

Dad's remission lasted 2 years, and he lived another year after that. 9/11/2001 was the day I got my father back.

AnnKH! That got me teary-eyed. I’m so happy you got him back for a while

AnnKH, what an amazing thing to happen to you and your dad on that sad day!! I'm so glad that something so wonderful happened that day and I can understand how everyone around you felt the same. Thanks for sharing that uplifting experience.

Kevin's dress blues