Comments on: Before that day, what were you grateful for?

By: louann

louann — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:41:30 +0000

I clearly remember this post last year.

Beautiful.

By: texasblu

texasblu — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:54:07 +0000

A beautiful way to remember. I loved the above post about “my boys played here” – simply darling. Great way to stick to your guns!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:38:22 +0000

We’d just signed our first lease together and I was about to start a new job. I was west coast bound from Logan later that morning, we found out en route. My employer called several days later to inquire if I was alive. I was wracked with survivor guilt for weeks after.

This was a beautiful entry. You should have no guilt for not being grateful back then, just blessed that you carried three boys with a light spirit.

By: Regina Clare Jane

Regina Clare Jane — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:03:14 +0000

I am grateful because my husband happened to return home from a teaching trip the day before 9/11…
We had friends who lost people there… it was an excruciating time for everyone.

By: Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass)

Jessica Ashley (Sassafrass) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:39:47 +0000

Thank you. This is beautiful and I so appreciate the centering on gratitude inside the pain.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:17:57 +0000

That day really changed us all, didn’t it?

By: louann

louann — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:13:09 +0000

Yet another beautiful post.
I was 4 months pregnant with my older one. We had been up all night watching the news. And we were frantically calling up my Uncle who lived in D.C.

By: wesleyjeanne

wesleyjeanne — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:23:24 +0000

I am stunned into silence by the beauty of this piece. Amazing. Touching. Poignant. Perfect.

By: slouching mom

slouching mom — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:32:14 +0000

This was beautifully written. And that photo is so gorgeous.

I was six months’ pregnant with Jack, and I remember thinking, Why would anyone want to bring a baby into this world?

By: amy

amy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:36:07 +0000

I think doing good on this day is the way to remember
random acts of kindness in this house