A Day of Rememberance

Since today is a day to remember...I thought this photo suiting to remember the greatest woman that walked this Earth!  This is the first action photo in existence, of the beginning of me learning everything that I now know about cooking...and I got it from my Mama.  I love you, will never forget you and promise to honor you at every turn...

Remembering What Was Lost

Unfortunately yet still very fortunately, California didn't experience what New York did this day ten years ago.  The unfortunate part is that since this did not happen in our backyard it is easy for us to consider it out of sight, out of mind.  We didn't get the daily reminder that this abhorrible action took place on our soil, killing thousands of innocent people.  Since this is a firefighters blog I would like to say a special note about the brave 343 that perished that fateful day.  they went in to those towers knowing at some point that they would not come out.  Even doing what I do every day, this selfless act is unconscionable to me.  It takes a very special person to be willing to give up their life in hopes to save another...and those 343 did that. 

To the remembrance of our fallen heroes not only on that day but in the days to come.  My heart goes out to the families that lost loved ones and to the babies that will never know the true extent of how wonderful their parent would have been had they not perished that day.