Forever In My Heart

I can’t recall what I did yesterday, but eighteen years ago today at approx. 9 am, I know exactly where I was.  I came out of our weekly Tuesday operations meeting and the office was eerily quiet.  It wasn’t long before someone said, “a plane hit the World Trade Center”.   With shock and disbelief, I called my mom to see if she heard anything from our family in NY – three of my cousins worked a block from there (thank God, they were safe. However, one of my cousins, a police officer, passed away last year from lung problems stemming from 9/11). 

I will forever in my heart pray for and remember… those who lost their lives that day – and since; the strength, tenacity and incredible courage of the NYFD, NYPD, and my fellow New Yorkers; the resilience of those at the Pentagon; and the ultimate sacrifice and incredible bravery of the passengers and crew of Flight 93.  Never forget.

For my card, I first layered a strip of pattern paper from the Summer Splash paper pad and stamped a sentiment from the Forever In My Heart set.  I then cut purple cardstock using one of the Reverse Rectangles Dies to form a frame.  

The flowers and jar are from the Pretty Jars set and the sentiment is from Forever In My Heart cut with one of the Sentiment Strip dies

While nothing will make the events of 9/11 ‘better’, there were extraordinary heroics and a ‘coming together’ for the good of many that day and in the days following. May we all project positive vibes for peace today and in the future.