So I was in a chat room today at work and this girl and I were talking.... about nothing really and the topic of liking New York came up. I know she didn't mean anything by it but it brought up many fond and terrifying memories of 9-11... so I asked her to stop talking about it before I start crying (I was at work) so now I suppose I will explain it...the day I lost my best friend.....
I still remember it like it was yesterday… and this day is VERY difficult for me to reminisce… and even harder for me to share with the world…
I was living in Cedar Springs, Michigan and attending Cedar Springs Middle School ~7th grade~ it was nearly a week after the last time I talked to my friend, Amanda, but I always called her ‘Mandy’; it was only about ten minutes into my computer class… and I was logging into my yahoo.com account to E-mail her and see how she was doing when we were all instructed to quit what we were doing and turn to Channel 3... So my teacher told us to shut down the computers and she turned on the T.V. ~ just as she did… the plane smashed into the second Tower… Mandy’s dad worked next door to the Towers and they lived only a few blocks away from there…
My whole school spent the whole day, eyes glued to the T.V. screen… I remember the images of people jumping out of the windows of the Towers… black smoke pouring out of the windows from the crumbling buildings… my eyes… burning with salty tears as I feared for my best friend’s life ~even though only online ~ Even to this day… I keep her in mind… wondering; hoping she survived… nine days after my 12th birthday…
About 3,000 men, women, and children died that day… I know it’s never easy to think about… but I want you to keep those people in mind; I do not know their names ~ but if you’ve lost a loved one or a close friend on that day especially… then you know what it feels like to be me… and the friends and family of those who’ve experienced that day first-hand… I pray for everyone that dad… and events following.
~ May God be with you ~

P.S. If any of you experienced what I have on that day and would like to leave a comment…. Feel free.