There really isn't any place in the world quite like New York City. It is the place that you love or you hate. I love that simplicity, love or hate, like or dislike. It is very clean and simple.
Either you are the person who loves the nonstop rush of activity or you feel overwhelmed and dirty. I am the person who get energized by the people, the traffic, the buildings, the food, the air; I love it all. I feel like I become alive again the minute I step foot on the concrete or the cobblestone.
The City will be a very surreal place this weekend. After all, this is the weekend of 9/11/01 and how can you NOT think and remember that tragic day. It will be a somber weekend, and a chance to look back and pray once again for the families that lost so much as well as the firefighters, police officers and emergency workers that gave so much.
This has and will always be a bittersweet date for me. 9/11/01 was the most shocking, scary and eye-opening event that I have ever experienced. It marked the last time I felt completely safe in my own home. This date is also my wedding anniversary. A day that I will always cherish as one of the happiest in my life. So, it is ironic - funny how that happens.
I do have plans for the weekend that are far removed from the tragedies of 2001. I do this to remind myself that we are a city of people that will not be stopped. Oh, yes; we may have slowed down, but we keep plugging along.
So after a visit to Ground Zero, it will be a fun-filled day. Just like the day will always be for me, good with the bad.
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