LJ Idol Week 1 - Saying Goodbye

[monkeysugarmama]

When the phone rang, I was busy. Well, not really busy, I was just reading on the couch, but in my freshly-graduated mind, I was too busy to be disturbed. I’d just started a new job. After a day of straightening shelves and chasing kids around the children’s section of the library, all I wanted to do was relax with my book, drink a glass of cheap

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[jenandbronze]

OMG! You had me on my seat to the very end, but, but, but,... now I am very curious if she was on that flight! That is heart-pounding! That is the scariest thing anyone can ever experience! HUGS!

[monkeysugarmama]

Thank you for recognizing how I felt that day. It was intense. I will post a comment further down about what happened later, but, I promise she is just fine now.

[caersidi]

Even though I was pretty confident I knew the outcome of this, I found my heart in my throat.

I've added you as a friend.

[monkeysugarmama]

I appreciate your appreciation :)
Thank you for the add - I friended you too!

[brightflashes]

absolutely amazing. I adore this post. Wowing me like you were last season. Man, I had all these tabs opened to read the other posts so far, but I've gotta stop with this. It has wowed me to the point where I just want to stop and think about this.

Excellent. Seriously, very wowed. like there are no words wowed.

[monkeysugarmama]

Wow is right! What an enormous compliment!
I can't wait to read your first official entry, my dear!

[brightflashes]

My entry:

Goodbye

I pales in comparison, though. : P

[edith_jones]

What an experience to go through. This story totally sucked me in, and like someone else said, I'm almost afraid to ask about the outcome. One of the best things about your tale is that you left your readers hanging. You can really write, you know? I can see I'm in for very stiff competition!

[monkeysugarmama]

Thank you so much! I am glad you liked where I ended it - someone further down has commented that I was trying to make it a soap opera!

My mother was fine, I am going to write an addendum to this so everyone who was concerend will know. She was however, really on a flight to NYC that morning and we didn't find her for hours.

I can't wait to read your entry too!

[brightflashes]

I liked that the reader didn't know what happened. This was an element about the story that I thought was necessary.

[monkeysugarmama]

Well, if you want to know the end after all, I went ahead and finished the story in a comment further down!

[spydielives]

My heart is in my throat.

I had a cousin and a friend, worked in that area, that my family was unable to reach - eventually every one was ok ... My MIL and BIL live in Manhattan and could see the plume of smoke.

WOW... just... wow.

[monkeysugarmama]

It was a terrible day for our country. It's a testament to our resiliency as Americans how quickly we moved on, refusing to live every day in fear, but it also shocks me how many people seem to have forgotten what happened just seven years ago!