A Moment of Solidarity

September 11, 2001

I signed the lease of our first apartment July 2000, the contract a bitter first taste of what it meant to be adult, our patch of space, our gateway into New York City.

That 4^th  was spent with boxes of my belongings as company, slept on the floor and watched fireworks reflections from the skyscraper windows, the boom sounded strong and magnificent. I felt completely alive.

 

What I heard, saw, and smelled the following year on that September morning took all that I believed and saturated the focus to such an extreme and shifted it in every which way.

I cannot think to further explain what 9 years ago today is, but I’m still here and feeling completely alive New York. 

Comments

[jessica]

beautiful words and photos. we will always remember today.