One year ago today. Was - Re: [at-l] So...

[TrailR at aol.com (TrailR@aol.com)]

In a message dated 9/11/2004 9:26:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
AThiker@smithville.net writes:

Where  were you three years ago right now? 





Three years ago today, I was home in SC.  I was in my bedroom,  watching the 
TV & talking to my wife at her office, telling her about the  towers.
 
 
One year ago today. September 11, 2003
Baxter Peak
 
...  "Wench & I seemed to fly up the mountain and across the table lands. The 
 table lands are a huge flat section of the mountain, flat like a table top. 
We  walked about 1 mile over this then up a steepish pitch with rock steps up 
to the  top & along a ridge to Baxter Peak. We saw people gathered around the 
Peak  sign as we were climbing to the top. So many people realizing a dream, 
others  enjoying a day hike, all caught up in the excitement of the moment, 
alone in  their thoughts. The end was in sight for us (I started to tear up a 
little,  wishing my father was alive to see this), we walked up to touch the 
sign, then  join the others and complete this stage of our journey. This won?t be 
the last  crazy thing I do? I found that the being a little ?out there? is 
where I belong?  I don?t fit in a normal world, and it?s nice to have friends 
that understand  that & share my dreams.  We  watched the people at the peak, 
posing on the Katahdin sign, taking pictures,  some watching, some cheering 
each other on , then finally it was our turn. We  walked up & had our own time at 
the sign, Wench & I alone in our own  thoughts for a moment before doing our 
celebrating. Cameras were clicking  away,  as we celebrated our moment  with 
each other and then with all the friends around us. Laughter, Tears,  
Champagne, snacks, the party went on around us for about an hour. Many touching  
moments took place. Teds flag flew on Katahdin, proud & true? A celebration  of Teds 
life and a fulfillment of his dream (to take the flag from Springer to  
Katahdin, and have it fly there on September 11th). Ted had made it in spirit  from 
Georgia to Maine, in the hearts of all of us. Many people on the mountain  
that day were celebrating life, others were remembering lost loved ones in  
personal moments."...
 
It  was an emotional time, made more so because it was September 11th. A day 
to  celebrate being alive, and a time to remember those that gave so much so 
that we  could be free to follow our dreams.
 
hotdog
 
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AT  03