The 9/11 Survivor Tree by RubyT
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September 11, 2001. Yes I of course remember exactly where I was and what I was doing. And I remember standing in front of my TV at about 6 a.m. PST looking at my screen with my head cocked to once side and saying right out loud, "my god, so how drunk does a pilot have to be to fly into a building the size of one of those Trade Center towers?" and then I saw another plane come into view and...... well, then, I knew cocktails had nothing to do with this.
September 11, 2011. 10 years now since those evil godless murderous pigs attacked us and murdered almost 3000 people here in America.
I get pretty anxious around the aniversary of attacks. But this year is the worst of all. I cry at the mere mention of 9/11 or any image of that day for present days related to the memorials even, I'm shaking, can't sleep, I'm sick to my stomach, and after all these years, all I see in my mind are those people who 10 years ago were forced to jump to their death rather than to be murdered by fire. The memorials I've created usually depict those people, the ones forced to jump. But this year is different. And I am so desperately trying to focus on the rebirth and the actual memorials for each site of the planes crashing to murder fellow Americans and innocent visitors. One channel had several programs showing the building of the attacks memorial at the World Trade Center. I fell in love with the story of The Survivor Tree. This little broken, singed, beat to death tree was rescued as the only living thing to leave the "pile". It was taken to a place to be nurtured and allowed to heal and grow. And it did just that. It's a magnificant testimony to the fact we are not beaten and we are rising above it all. We are healing.
So this is my memorial; dedicated to the memory of every single person we lost and continue to lose in the wars being fought as the result of the attacks.
And even though we brought that bin laden godless murderous pig thug to justice, it's not enough. And I didn't even cheer when he was killed. I just said quietly that perhaps now that pig's murdered victims all around the world can hopefully have their rest, and the living victims might have a moment of justice and some peace and healing. But we all know they'll be no peace with those kind. And our healing will have to continue.
And then we got word of attacks being planned for 09/11/2011. Today. And I'm sick again. Every year I wonder if this is the year they'll go at it again here. And that's what terror is about. That's the mission of those godless pigs.
But they will never win.
I'm fighting for my focus to stay with that tree, The Survivor. I am hanging on to that vision of that tree with all I'm made of. I'll visit the memorial at the World Trade Center in the spring and when I do, I'll go touch that tree and tell it thank you.
The Survivor Tree is a beautiful symbol of hope and healing. I hope you'll read about it.
Thank you for your time.