Dag, I can't believe it's September 11th again. It is sooo hard to believe that it’s been 4 years already. Wow... I remember it like it was yesterday. I was going to work on the El in Chicago and this crazy woman was saying that 2 planes had hit each other in NY. Everyone just ignored her, including me...she was apparently listening to the radio on her cell phone but she really did seem crazy! Once I got to work at LaSalle bank, I thought...let me log onto suntimes.com and see if that crazy woman was really talking about something. When I tried to logon to the net the computer was really really really slow...then finally a picture came up of one of the towers on fire. I was like Oh My God... just as I was telling people in the office that something big had happened, someone came out with a radio. I'm not sure how long we all stood around that radio. I tried to reach my friends in NY to no avail...all the lines were busy, it was madness. The trek back home was crazy... the streets of downtown Chicago were completely deserted...there were only a handful of people on the train...people were in shock. I picked up the kids and for the next week I was totally glued to the TV. Besides the Efren situation, I don't think I've ever cried so much in my life. To the victims...RIP. To the survivors...cherish every day and live each to the fullest. I'll try to do the same.

I can't help but be amazed at life's journey. You really don't know where it's going to take you. The only thing we know for sure is that nothing is sure. But in my heart of hearts, I truly believe that life is Beautiful. It truly is just beautiful. When I think of my own life, and of all the joy and sorrow, and failures and successes, and ups and downs...and I see how God has worked so miraculously in my life...it not only brings tears to my eyes, but the beauty of life truly humbles me. I see how much I've changed, the person I've become as a result of all of my experiences good and bad...and I am just amazed. I love the person I'm becoming...and that in itself is such a blessing. I am sooo thankful for my blessings. I have two wonderful, healthy, children, I have a loving mother, an amazing, supportive and forever entertaining family, I'm in LA living my dream, I have awesome friends, who are more family than anything else...and each and every day of my life I see God working things out on my behalf. It just doesn't get much better than that.