tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post5549688368132896555..comments2023-10-24T21:04:01.214-04:00Comments on Old Centennial Farmhouse: Remembering 9-11-01: Where Were You?Old Centennial Farmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16865061855481840216noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-27373991884893958212011-09-11T18:53:23.650-04:002011-09-11T18:53:23.650-04:00I usually watched at least part of the early morni...I usually watched at least part of the early morning news shows...I'm pretty much a news junkie...but I hadn't turned it on yet that morning for some reason. My daughter called and told me to turn on the TV and told me they thought a small plane had hit the Towers, but maybe it was more than that. While we were on the phone, we saw the second one hit...like so many others, I thought it was a replay at first. It made my stomach twist. I remained glued to the TV for days. MY husband, a truck driver, was in Houston, three or four hours away, and I immediately called him. He had been unloading and hadn't had the radio on. I wanted him out of Houston immediately...it is such a target, with its port and chemicals and refineries in the area. Traffic is bad there, and it took a while, but he came home, and I didn't want him to leave again. I got in contact with all four of our adult children; I really just wanted everyone close. I still can't help but audibly gasp when I see those videos of that day and see the second plane, especially.Mary Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-21751594860938108552011-09-11T12:01:33.880-04:002011-09-11T12:01:33.880-04:00Good morning. I was laying in bed that day and rec...Good morning. I was laying in bed that day and received a phone call from my mother screaming to turn on the television. I thought it was a bad dream. But soon released it was real. I stayed glued to the television. The eerie silence i will never forget. Thank you for posting such a wonderful post. I love your blog, and how patriot you are. My Grandfather was a Pearl Harbor Survivor and i grew up very patriotic. I have my victory garden, red/ white/ blue everywhere, and love our country. It seems these days people just don't get it. I live in California and it breaks my heart to see what is happening to our country. So i thank you for writing about it for people to read..crookedbettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106094424608276285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-15090436470742559212011-09-11T11:04:11.939-04:002011-09-11T11:04:11.939-04:00We were on our way to Suttons Bay, MI to have our ...We were on our way to Suttons Bay, MI to have our family photos taken when you called to tell us what was unfolding.<br /><br />In the years that follow, it's important to remember as you did, the horror and shock of that day, the heroism, the unity, the lives that were lost, the families of those whose lives were lost. <br /><br />And we must never forget that Muslim terrorists did this in the name of allah, as you also mentioned. <br /><br />I am so thankful I serve a God who created us with a free will, a choice to follow Him or not. He does not command us to kill those who will not convert as allah does, He commands us to love one another. That's why September 11 makes me thankful as well when I remember that day. It is a real-time-life-lesson about the choice to serve evil or good...mary your sisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-3257712322209526292011-09-10T17:13:03.574-04:002011-09-10T17:13:03.574-04:00Hi,
Such a lovely post on such a sad day!
Just wan...Hi,<br />Such a lovely post on such a sad day!<br />Just wanted to stop by and say hi and invite you to stop by my new blog, Simple Pleasures.<br />Thanks,<br />MichelleSimple Pleasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18244734791925609211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-51760698817484063762011-09-10T08:20:42.629-04:002011-09-10T08:20:42.629-04:00Good morning....
It is hard to believe that it h...Good morning.... <br />It is hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the attacks on our country. We live 30 miles north of NYC. My husband works there. He saw the second plane crash into Tower 2. He could not come home.... all the bridges/tunnels were shut down, and his car -- which was in the Port Authority -- could not be accessed, although it wouldn't have done him any good anyway. I watched it all unfold on t.v., while waiting to take my MIL to a doctor's appointment. Needless to say, I was petrified. When I learned that the Pentagon had been hit, and a plane went down in PA --- I truly thought the world was ending. I took my MIL to her appointment, all the while wondering what might happen next. I was in touch with my children, making sure they were okay. It was a totally unbelievable time.<br />And now.... with the possibility of another attack in NYC, I am again petrified. What a world we live in..... Pray for peace.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289206422022694413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1606161041749648789.post-22006538100640430402011-09-10T08:14:29.622-04:002011-09-10T08:14:29.622-04:00Beautiful post . I was sitting on my sofa, having ...Beautiful post . I was sitting on my sofa, having just sent my dd off to her college classes. She always watched the Today show and as soon as she left I always switched it over to a quilting show. She called from the car and told me to change it back something horrible had happened. I did and I thought I was watching a rerun of what had happened but, in fact, I was watching the second plane hit the second tower. I felt numb. My son called and told me to get my daughter back home. The college they attended is diverse and there are a lot of foreign students there. I got her on the phone and told her to come home -- she told me she was already on her way -- obviously upset because as she pulled into her favorite parking space there were middle eastern students out throwing candy and yelling in celebration of what had happened. I cried. What in the world had happened to America.Boyett-Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02066753762645278933noreply@blogger.com