{194/366 | Texx} These Chains

This pic has nothing to do with what I’m about to write, but should make us all think about our “Freedom”, our  Choices & maybe what’s really important to us? As I listen to “These Are the Days” I write… Tonight, an old friend posted pics of himself covered in ash from 9/11. I don’t particularly LIKE to think of that day or the days that followed. The silence that was deafening. The loss of  friends & for many family. The worry that inevitably, loved ones in the military would have to return (unwelcome) to foreign lands. It all makes very REAL emotions rush back. Random ramblings from a New Yorker, trapped (;o) in Texas.

These very moments that undoubtedly bring tears to my eyes. I remember the absolute silence in the days that followed 9/11.  As I sit here, I remember an old friend singing LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADYYYYYY throwing 1’s. I remember celebrating him finally passing his Series 7 @  a Manhattan College Bar days before.  I remember sitting and waiting on that very day, and waiting for him, for  someone – for anyone, to rise from the rubble & ash.

Today’s pic, when taken, had nothing to do with any of this, but now as I post I see it might? I missed the capture of  a spectacular sunset tonight, but better yet – I got to ENJOY a spectacular sunset tonight. These chains & locks sit upon a meaningless bar that block a road to nowhere, across the street. Find the beauty in ALL that Surrounds Us! ♥ Texx  the Damn Yankee

 Live. Love. Laugh. Seriously, life is too short for anything else!