Tag: Remembrance

  • Never Forget

    Twenty-five years. It’s strange how a date can become more than a date. September 11 comes around every year, and for a moment, I remember where I was. I remember the confusion. The images on television. The feeling that something had changed, even though none of us knew yet just how much. A whole generation has grown up knowing 9/11…

  • Still In Service

    She knew the number didn’t belong to him anymore.Or at least she knew it probably didn’t.Three years was a long time for a phone company to leave a number sitting around unused. She understood that. She wasn’t stupid.But his name was still in her phone.Daniel.No last name. No heart beside it. No old photograph.Just Daniel.She’d never deleted the contact because…

  • Some People Make the World Softer

    I didn’t know Dolly Parton. So I’m not going to write as though I lost a friend today. I was just one of millions who watched her, listened to her, laughed with her movies, and occasionally found myself smiling when one of her songs came through the speakers. But there’s something strange about losing people like that. They become part…