eight years

9.11.01
remember where you were?
and then 12.12.02
we remember.
bali, indonesia.
jemaah islamiyah.
C4 military grade explosive.
death toll: 202
additional injured: 240
1 american. megan eileen heffernan.
teacher. photographer. friend.
death? instant.

these lines by poet mary oliver come to mind as i remember
tuesday, october 12th. eight years later. and for all of our lives:

"i don't know exactly what a prayer is.
i do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what i have been doing all day.
tell me, what else should i have done?
doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"

for more information and to view memorial sites you can visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bali_bombings