avoiding memorializing today... i am...

there will be no mention of some of the more OBVIOUS things we could be discussing today. OOPS... did i already blow it by mentioning it? i guess i could offer up the proverbial moment of silence for everyone who was affected by events that happened five long years ago. this was, in a way, my generation's JFK shooting... you know where you were, what you were doing, etc. when you first got the news. i have two other moments like this... when the Challenger blew up in 1986...

and the day my dad called to tell me that my mom had breast cancer.

i know everyone has moments like this in their life... mental snapshots that don't (or won't) go away.

to lighten this up a bit, i will tell you this happens at least once a week when i look in the mirror. i think... GO AWAY... and i wish i had a different face. but the fact is, i don't. and i never will. so i have learned to love the face that i have, complete with all of the imperfections that go along with it. (and believe me, there are PLENTY!)

we ladies go through a lot to act, feel and BE beautiful... when in reality, we only really need to just BE. the rest follows.

/sigh. wish i was good at taking my own advice.