it's hard to believe that a year has come and gone, and here we are at the anniversary of september 11th. i didn't have anything to say that day, and very few things to mention the days following. much like now. i can't say anything that someone else hasn't already said, or will say.

i've never opened up and expressed how september 11th made me feel. i think it's because it was so overwhelming, terrifying, unbelievable, distant... that i was at a loss for words. i started pasting a few things i found in magazines into my journal... pictures of the flag, the numbers "9-11," the lyrics to our national anthem.

tomorrow, i'm going to watch some coverage of what took place last year and reflect on it all. it's so difficult being so far away and physically unable to see where the towers stood, that i want to and need to watch just to make it more real to me.