Project 2996: A Tribute to Kristine M. Swearson, A Victim of 9/11

Kristine M Swearson, 34

Kristine M. Swearson was killed by a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.  She was working as a web designer for a company called ESpeed, a division of Cantor Fitzgerald, a major financial company. 

Kristine was on the 103rd floor of Tower One.  Just three floors up from the impact area of Flight 11.  American Airlines Flight 11 was an en route from Boston to LA when it was hijacked by AL-Qaeda terrorists and crashed into the Tower, killing 92 people on board and hundreds of people in the tower on impact.

Friends and family say that Kristine was a fun loving person to be around and remember her as being successful, generous, and inspiring.  She was a happy soul who loved dancing and yoga.  Fortunately, late in her young life, she found her long lost father and family.  What a blessing that reunion must have been to those left behind.  

Her guest book is full of tributes that began with "the world has lost", "I"ll never forget"', "I cross stitched your name", "I ran a race in your honor",etc...  She touched the lives of many in life and after.  May her memory live on in the hearts and souls of those she left behind as well as those who honor the day, 9/11.  

And so the world has truly lost a beautiful soul but only for a minute as we shall all meet again soon.  

God bless her and her family and friends and all whose lives have been touched by this tragedy. May the Lord watch over us all so that this never happens again and so that Kristine and the other 2995 victims will not have died in vain.  

This tribute is written for the Project 2996: Remembering the Victims of 9/11.

I would like to thank CNN.Com, The Wall Street Journal, and Legacy.com for information and images obtained for this tribute.  A special thanks also to my friend Donna at D's Designs for the awesome graphic.

Previous Tributes written in this blog for victims:

Stephen E. Poulos

James L. Hobin

Manuel Patrocino

Project 2996: Tribute to James L. Hobin Victim of 9/11

Every year I join the Project 2996 in doing a tribute to one of the victims of 9/11.  This year I chose James L. Hobin randomly from the bottom of the list.  

James L. Hobin lived in Marlborough Connecticut and was married to his high school sweetheart for 21 years.  They had two children, Sean and Derrick.  James spent was very much a family man and spent a lot of time with his family.  He coached little league for over 20 years and became the President of the Marlborough Youth Athletic League.  He liked to play golf and had many many friends who cherished him.  He also doted over his mother who lived in New London.  His friends and family say that he was soft spoken, funny, and always there to lend a hand when needed.

James worked as Vice President of the Marsh and McLennan Cos., Inc. in Connecticut but was in the company's office at the World Trade Center, 99th floor of Tower 1, for a meeting on that fateful day of September 11, 2001.  His family watched the news and kept vigil all that day and the next hoping that he would be found but it wasn't meant to be. He never came out of the rubble.

May his spirit live on in the hearts of his friends and family and to all of America.  James, you have not died in vain.  We hold you close to our hearts and we will never forget that day.  We are still fighting for you.

Note:  On 9/11 I was at home with my kids homeschooling and I remember just crying and crying and watching as each plane crashed.  I recorded 6 hours of CNN that day on VHS.  I haven't watched it since then. 

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Another one bites the dust....

It's been another long week and I am absolutely exhausted.

I'm getting too old to do so much.

Here's the low down:

1) School started this week....all are busy as a beaver.

2) I started making all the recipes from the Lovin from the Oven cookbook by Pillsbury. Not overly impressed.... yet.

3) Got my hair and nails done. Feeling fabulous!

4) Took Cindi for Senior yearbook pictures.

5) Picked up Kara and brought her over to do laundry.

6) Had April over on Friday.

7) Had sewing Thursday through Saturday.

8) My brother Chuck passed out and fell and hurt himself???? big why???

9) My mom had a biopsy done on her breast...no results yet.

10) Haven't heard from my baby sister in quite a while....need to call her.

11) One of our customers died of a heart attack at 50. Ryan is going to the funeral today.

12) Ryan needs to get his blood pressure under control before that ends up being him....

13) My in-laws got a new dog...a shihtzu...spelling? lol Haven't met him yet.

14) Can't stop at 13 so here is 14......I'm tired!

Moving out

Well it's official, my oldest daughter has moved out of the house into her own apartment. I am sad and happy for her all at once.

Secretly, I want her to come home.

What will I get Myself Into today?

I'll start by getting some more hunting masks made and listed for sale. Which means taking pics and I am terrible at that part. I wish I had a photographer but for the masks are only worth $10 each and I would probably have to pay a photographer a lot more than that so I will try again myself my cheapo camera. I guess I'll go outside in the sunshine and take the pics. Might help. I also have some childrens and ladies purses to list.



Oh, guess what? I am learning to make clothes! I just bought a pattern for a really cute top. It has little cap sleeves and an Empire Waist. Sooo cute! Can't wait to make it.



I have to go now and do my QOTD on LILA. I also need to make tags for everyone which I am totally not into anymore. I have all but given up on Paint Shop Pro. Remember when I was soooo much into making tags and blinkies? I have a new love now...my sewing machine.

Spammed again!

This blog has been pretty heavily spammed so I have changed the settings to moderate comments. As much as I hate censorship, I will have to approve all comments from now on.
So there you mean evil nasty spammers. May God bless you and guide you in your ways. : )

A Nightmare

I had this nightmare at about 7 AM this morning and it affected me profoundly. I know it was 7 AM because I heard Ryan leaving to take the kids to school.

In the dream, we have a baby girl and it is her first birthday. It is today, Friday, February 25. A work day for me and I had sewing to do but Ryan(my husband) walks in and says we have to have a birthday for her and starts calling people to come over and celebrate. Before I could say that I have a lot of work to do, we had a house full of people and we are celebrating the baby's birthday. I'm cooking and serving people and kids are running everywhere around the house, in and out. I walk into the living room and my uncle Ron is holding the baby and hugging her and stuff and my aunt is next to him and Ryan is talking to them. Since the baby is being taken care of, I go off into the kitchen. After a while, I come out of the kitchen and everybody is gone. There is no one home but me. So I start running around the house looking for the baby. Oh my God, where is the baby? Where is everybody? My cousin, Robert (Kay's son), casually walks into the house and says, " they found the baby in Kay's pool, you need to get out there." So I run outside and everybody is out there. There's an ambulance and cops. The cops have Jacob, my 10-yo son, in the backseat of their car questioning him. They are asking him if we ever spank him. If we had ever hurt him in anyway. He tells them we have spanked him.

I see my aunt, so I go over to her and she says, "we found the baby in the pool." I said, " how did the baby get in the pool?" She says "I don't know". They were all acting like it was my fault, like I wasn't watching the baby. So I say, " the baby is only one, she didn't just toddle 10 blocks down the street and jump the fence and jump into the pool. You guys must have taken her to your house with you?" They are all looking at me now like I'm some sort of criminal. So I start running towards the ambulance screaming and crying for my baby.......then I woke up. It was 8:11 AM. Thank God I didn't make it to that ambulance because I don't know if I could handle ....... It's now 10:21 AM and I am still shaken from this damn nightmare.