My 9/11 recollections...

9/11 brings a mix of joy and sadness for me...

At the time, we were living in Maine and I was telecommuting for a mutual fund company. I was an adjuster so I was waiting for Wall Street to open that morning so my system would update with the closing prices from the day before. I was logged into our department's chat room and a friend told me to turn the tv on. So I went into the living room and began to watch the madness. Needless to say, Wall Street didn't open that day, or for days after that, so I was on standby and had nothing to do.

We had offices in the twin towers - and 328 company employees died in New York. There were also Boston employees, 2 in fact, that died on the plane that left Boston. Needless to say, it was a sad day for my colleagues and their families.

However, I was also 9 months pregnant at the time. And with nothing to do for work, I found myself sitting on the couch watching LOTS of news. So much in fact that I went into labor 2 weeks before my due date. So after 2 days of labor, Emma was born on 9/13/2001.

So this time of year while sad, is also joyous for me. Every year I can see the beauty of the world's potential in my growing child admist the madness of religious intolerance.

Cara :)