9/11 10th Anniversary: In Tribute

So many memories of that fateful day, ten years ago. I remember my mom waking me up and telling me that a plane had hit the towers in NYC. I remember watching the TV all day and night (and on into the days to come) in disbelief of what was happening. I remember how our skies got more quiet than I've ever heard them (I live 10 minutes from a major airport) as all air traffic was shut down.

I remember the fear, the uneasiness, the loss of so many innocent lives that I didn't even know, the horrors that people went through either as survivors or in their final moments as heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. I remember the swell of pride as not only firefighters, paramedics, police, and soldiers stepped up to save lives, but as ordinary people did what they could to help total strangers. I remember thinking 10 years ago that this felt an awful lot like the end of the world, or at least the end of life as we knew it.

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Daily Fanart: Dean with Sam from "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One"

The tears in his eyes gets to me even now. A nice blue tint to accentuate the sorrow of the moment.

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Resolution= 650 x 365 -- Full-size

Just 'Cause

This cap is from 5x08 "Changing Channels".
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A special Impala Sunday with Sam as the Impala.
I'm soooo sleepy/tired after a long, tiring Saturday. Can't keep awake any longer. I'm off to bed. Zzzzz... *hugs*

9/ll: My Journal

In the midst of watching footage of the tributes and ceremonies across the country today, I recalled that I'd written a journal entry back on Sept. 11th, 2001. Sure enough, I found the journal and read it, which also took in Sept. 12th and the first anniversary of the attacks in 2002.

Reading those pages really brought me back to that time. I'd forgotten how many things had shut down and how many questions I had not only about other attacks, but if something would happen here on the west coast and if I'd even be alive for another day. Anyway, I thought I'd share the pages with you all. Ironically, there's exactly 11 pages of text.

( 11 handwritten journal pages about Sept. 11th... )