Today is 9/11 Remembrance Day.
Have you been able to visit the memorial?
It is beautiful and haunting and astonishing how quiet it is in the middle of the city.
One of my favorite parts of the memorial is the pear tree.
It was found in the wreckage, miraculously surviving the attack, and taken to a nursery in the Bronx where it was carefully tended to until it flourished again.
Then, and only then, was it brought back to the memorial to be re-planted and its story told of its resilience in the face of horribleness.
A little sign of life in all of the destruction.
It reminds me of one of my favorite sayings, attributed to Eleanore Roosevelt:
“When you think you’ve come to the end of your rope, tie and knot and hang on!”
Hang on like the little Callery pear tree.
You can do it.
Peace and blessings on this most somber of remembrance days.
Here’s to balance, strength, and hanging onto glimmers of resilience and happiness,
🙂 Laura
