My Heart Is Here..

Good Afternoon!

After all the election madness.. I want to focus on the east coast.  I grew up in New Jersey and I would go almost every weekend to Brooklyn to see my grandmother or the shore.  I have so many fond memories there.

I remember so many nights as a teenager I would walk the beach and pray for my future husband.  It was so wonderful to walk those sandy shores with him.

Sharing the experience with my kids (walking with my sister and my parents who still live there).

Yes, my hair was being blown by the wind..lol

Picking up shells

driving over the George Washington Bridge.


My heart is there and my prayers are with everyone who has suffered and who are going through another storm.

I read on the The Decorista how you can help with the effort in New York.  Her list is very detailed and I encourage everyone to get involved.  God bless you all.

Memories

I remember 10 years ago...the day we were forever changed.  

I was forever changed.

My first born daughter was a baby at the time and we were living in our first place, an apartment.  It was a beautiful morning here in the Midwest and as I always do and still do, I got up to watch the Today Show.  I was numb as I saw one of the Twin Towers hit and was shook to my core as I saw the second Tower hit live.  

I remember shaking and crying.  You see I am not just a fellow American that felt the pain of this crisis but I was born in New York.  Brooklyn to be exact,  and grew up in Jersey.  Visited New York almost every weekend to see my grandmother in Brooklyn (Bedford-Stuyvesant).  

(where my grandmother lived)

I began to think what kind of world my little girl would face. 

WE are a Strong Nation. 

We move forward

(image of what will be the One Trade Center)

while not forgetting those who have suffered..

(rendering) Memorial at Ground Zero.

Hug those you love a little tighter and have a great weekend everybody.