In Memorium

                                                   

 

Hello Everybody,

I`ve been reading many of your journal entries that pay tribute to the victims of the 9/11 atrocities in new York 2001.  I wish I had the words to pay tribute to them here but I find I am unable to express myself as I`d like. I remember where I was at the time, watching an afternoon TV programme when the news interrupted it and the horrific images flashed across the screen.  It seemed so unreal that at first I thought there was a fault in transmission, then the gravity of it all sank in and like everyone else I watched with tears streaming down my face at the horror that was taking place.

It was later that it dawned on me that Kerry, who was on holiday on a Royal Carribean cruise liner, would soon be making here way home from Miami where the ship was due to dock.  September 11th was my beloved daughter`s 27th birthday.....................  She called me from the ship in a very distressed state.  The majority of passengers were American, and as you would imagine, desperately shocked and upset. She told me the ship was almost silent apart from the sound of sobbing, it had a ghostly quality to it that she had never known before and hopefully would never see again. Because of the security that had stopped all planes flying and all ships from disembarking, she got an extra weeks holiday, something we would all like at another time.  She told me that it was the longest week of her life and she couldn`t wait to fly home. This was one birthday she would never forget.

To this day Kerry does not enjoy her birthday, the memories are too upsetting and she feels almost embarrassed to tell anyone that it should be her special day.  We always try to make it a nice day for her and today was no exception, after taking her cards and presents round to her flat we took her out for lunch and hopefully that cheered her up a little. 

                                            

 

To My Beloved Kerry,