Most people who’ve read me for a while know that this season is kind of a difficult one for me. Fall, the most perfect season and the most difficult; until the next difficult time comes around.

A lot of people have an especially hard time today. I was very lucky, and my friends and family were very lucky, but it was still traumatic for me in its own way.

I’ve also recently found out that two newish friends have their own difficult memories of 9/11 and so I think of them today a little extra than I normally do.

I usually write something for today – a memory, a feeling, but this morning, I just wanted quiet. I prayed the rosary, and I posted my picture of the firefighters. I have that same picture on a pin that I wear, but I didn’t wear it today. I think of the 343 and then today in my workshop, our free write prompt was the pros and cons of cell phones. (Our theme this semester is nature vs. technology.) I wrote this cute little blurb, about two hundred or so words, but then as I finished it with a humorous bit, another little part came to me and I’ll share that excerpt with you here:

Actually today is a good day to remember the role of cell phones and technology played – the ones that worked and the ones that didn’t.

The information black hole on an airplane over Pennsylvania that was then opened up to the passengers through their cell phones, giving them precious moments to plan and to say goodbye.

I spent that day thirteen years ago on my cell phone, calling and re-calling. There is nothing like a cell phone for speed dial.

Hope and despair in the palm of your hand.

I hope today is peaceful and quiet for you as we remember those people lost thirteen years ago in our own ways. Today I try to seek the warm blanket of comfortable things – reading, some writing, some prayer and other things that keep me moving forward. I hope you have your own path to peace.