Karma

It is funny how karma works. Today was a rough day for me. After work tonight I swung by the local quickie mart for a 12 pack. I was attempting to pay for my suds and their credit card system was down. I am one who does not carry much for cash. I asked the guy if I could write a check and he said that he was not suppose to but he will for me. There was a girl in line behind me waiting patiently while the clerk ran my card a gazillon times and calling the POS company. I went ahead and let her go ahead of me. She only had a gallon of milk. Low and behold the price of milk had gone up and she was short $1. When in the heck did milk get do expensive????? I gave her the dollar. I came home crack open one of my 12 friends and began going through the mail. I had not one but 2 refund checks waiting for me. One from State Farm for $44 and one from the OBGYN for $68. I guess today was not so bad after all.


Remembering 09/11

We all know the devastation that 9/11 left. Thousands of lives were lost and every one's life changed. My brother is a firefighter and my husband is a cop and I worry about them everyday. A few years ago my brother came down for a visit and gave me a book titled Brotherhood. It is a collection of pictures post 9/11 of firehouses, fire fighters and police officers. There is a section of children's artwork that was given to fire fighters after 9/11 that would bring tears to any one's eyes. I pulled the book out and showed Derrick George and told him about what happened.

Tonight at work I met a little boy and today was his birthday. His mom said he was born 10 minutes after the second plane hit the WTC. She said as lives left this world, lives came into the world. The little boy told me he wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up. Chills came over me and I could not hep but to shed a tear.

I am not sure where this picture originated but I love it.