Only 28 More Days!!!

So I am getting REALLY excited for my trip to New York City & Philadelphia!! By next week I will probably start losing sleep because I am so excited! Since I am so excited I am posting a blog about my trip plans so far!

See the brown-ish building right in the middle of this picture?? That is the Crowne Plaza Times Square! That is where we are staying!! And see all the people & stuff below it...that's Times Square!! THE TIMES SQUARE!!


Look at this picture. Yes, that is Al Roker! Well Matt & I are going to be one of those crazy people who are in the crowd! Watch the Today Show on Friday, March 27th & look for us!!


Picture numero tres! This is Madison Square Garden! Home of the New York Knicks! Matt & I will be there Friday night to watch the Knicks game!!

Saturday night we are going to the Winter Garden Theatre (see below!) to see Mamma Mia! This theatre was also the home of the longest running show on broadway, Cats!

This is what it looks like on the inside!! Beautiful!!


And the last picture. Ground Zero. This is where we are going on Sunday. I know that there isn't really much to see here but I'm a history person & this is, I think, the biggest thing to happen to the country in my life time (or at least what I remember). This is like the JFK assassination for my generation. I can't wait to be there.

Please Remember

I can't believe that is has been 6 years. It feels like it was just yesterday that she was taken from us all too soon. Even though we weren't extremely close she was the one person that I looked up to more than anyone else. I wanted to be just like her. She was so sociable and pretty and she was nice to everyone! The thing that I remember most was her contagious smile. It was beautiful. Our superintendent described it best in an article in the school newspaper. He said, "[Elyse's] smile was as bold and beautiful as the sunshine on the morning of her death."
I don't think I have been as sad as I was since the day of the accident. It is definitely in the top 3 worst days of my life. And it sucks that the first funeral I had ever been to had to the funeral of a 16-year-old classmate. I have never seen the gymnasium that full of people. I think there were over 1,000 people there. That show how many people she touched in some way. But I know now that we can find comfort in knowing that she is still with all of us today and that we will see her again soon.

Here is a poem that I wrote that day after school:

Gone

To: Elyse

She touched our hearts
In so many ways
But now that she's gone
We just cannot say
How much we will miss her
And we'll think of her each day

It's just not sinking in
That she is gone for good
It all feels like a bad, bad dream
If we could change that past we would

But God took her to heaven
To live for ever with him there
And she will always watch over us
And she will always care


Elyse Margaret Miller
November 13, 1986 - February 4, 2003