9/11 seems like a strange day to write about magical moments. But maybe not. Despite the absolute terror, some miracles arose from the devastation. And maybe 9/11 is also a good time to remember not only sadness but hope too. Like most people, certainly on this continent, I remember exactly what I was doing on 9/11/01: delivering our little publication Superior Coffee Talk all over town then going to a specialist's appointment. Everyone in the waiting room was stunned to silence watching the images over and over on the TVs. In remembrance of the day, I wanted to watch one of my favourite movies today, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. So I plan to do that as soon as I finish this post. I had to run to the library to pick up the dvd as I've lost my pvr recorded copy for some reason. If you haven't seen it and aren't too triggered by 9/11 references, you might like it. Meanwhile, this photo that I took at the Marina on Sunday seems to be full of hope. That was a magical moment, for sure. What I had wanted to write about happened last week. I'd had a strange dream about my friend Nancy weeks ago and shared it with her on Monday through email. The bare bones: Nancy and I were in a mall and on the second level we found a place to eat, a pizza place. Nancy chose pizza. Smart move. I chose...well, I don't know what it was supposed to be but it turned out to be Eeyore and Piglet, small and felted like cat toys, on a plate. They tasted like felt, too! Nancy kindly shared her pizza. Then to cheer me up from such a dismal lunch, she pretended to be Tigger and bounced backward out of the door, imploring me to come and shop with her. I warned her about the stairs, but she fell down them all. I cried out her name and raced to the bottom. She was standing up, her head buried in her arms, saying she was ok but her arm was twitching. Then I woke up and couldn't get back to the dream. In telling Nancy, I said I understood the stair reference (a Baroness Von Sketch skit) and I was obviously thinking of Nancy but I didn't understand the Piglet and Eeyore part. So that was Monday. The next day I went to my friend Val's house. Val pulled a mug from the cupboard to make me a cup of tea. I just saw the back at first, plain except for a small font quote along the bottom which read, "Thank you for noticing me." Val told me she'd bought it cos she thought it was cute and she turned it around. There was a picture of Eeyore and Piglet hugging each other! A magical moment which made me laugh and laugh. The other magical moment I wanted to write about happened a couple of days later. Bright morning sunshine made one of the beads in Rogue's prism sparkle so extraordinarily that I wanted to take a photo of it. But I couldn't really capture it after taking a few photos. However one of the photos I took had the pawprint part of the prism reflected twice behind it. When I saw it, it took my breath away. I've had three pets that I've had to say goodbye to in this house: Rogue, Whiskers (cat) and Trixie (dog). Make of it what you will. I choose to take it as a magical moment of love and memory. May your today be full of magical moments that you notice and cherish.
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Maggie P
9/14/2019 04:26:35 pm
on 9/11 we were tuning in a new tv every few seconds the images appeared I assumed I was watching a film until the horrible truth dawned on us. seems like only yesterday. the world has not felt safe since then.
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