Remembering on Shine

9/11: The Day I Became a Mother

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On the terrible day of September 11th, 2001, one woman learned how motherhood changes everything.

Yvette Manessis Corporon: My daughter was born on May 6, 2001, at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. After nine hours of labor and 50 minutes of pushing (thank goodness for ample Greek hips and whoever invented the epidural), Christiana made her grand entrance into the world. My husband Dave beamed with love and pride as he took our freshly swaddled baby and placed her in my arms. Bursting with emotion, I looked down at her little pink face and couldn't believe how lucky I was to be holding this perfect little baby girl in my arms.

But that's not the day I became a mother.

On September 11, 2001, Christiana was 4 months old and I was still enjoying an extended maternity leave from my life as a news producer for WCBS in New York. Dave, a cameraman for Fox5 in New York, called me as I was feeding our Christiana and told me what had happened less than a mile away, just across the river from our apartment -- where our beautiful baby sat in her bouncy seat playing with her stuffed bear.

A lesson from the dead

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7/15/09

As my grandmother would say

If she could speak from the grave

Baby,

Don’t cry for me

Cause I have lived my life

Now its time for you to live yours

So that you can pave the road

That others can see

And be that bright light…

Lifes little Joys...

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Often times we are so busy in our day to day lives, that we over look the small things. It's easy to forget what's really important when we become so caught up in paying bills, working for our paychecks, and sticking to strict routines, in order to stay organized. This is something I have…

We are all psychic!

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"What did you dream last night?"

What Will Toddlers Remember?

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p>When Casey told her son Will that the Weisses were coming over for dinner that night, his response took her by surprise: "Don't forget the strawberry cupcakes." Three-year-old Will was recalling that the Weiss' son liked the cupcakes Casey had served at a dinner party eight months earlier, when he was only two. As precocious as his memory might seem, though, by the time Will reaches school age, the strawberry cupcakes will be gone, along with his recollections of most, if not all, of his first three years.

What odd lines do you remember from sitcoms, movies, etc?

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I was just going about my daily business, when I noticed a zit. And out of nowhere I heard Janice from Friends in my head saying 'Thank god for adult acne... hahahahahahaha' from when Rachel's at the hospital giving birth to Emma and Janice explains how she met Sid at the dermatologist's...

Remembering 9/11

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We've had a string of stunning blue-sky, perfect September days here in the New York area, and today is no exception. It is the kind of day that makes seven years disappear in an instant, and a morning that looks so happy is suddenly achingly sad. We remember, all too clearly, that fateful, terrible blue-sky morning. As we should.

Asking for Help

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Today: I lay down for a nap at 6:30pm - exhausted in mind, body and spirit. Sleep deprivation from husband, kids, life compounded with the responsibilities of mother, wife, health practitioner, daughter - care taker. I knew I needed a shift before going to treat a client at 8:30pm. I began...

I will remember you somehow.

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Every time you cross a line you shouldn't have crossed, every time you tell a secret you shouldn't have told; someone, somewhere, is going to remember. Memories are a funny thing when it comes right down to it. I'm no mental professional, so I can't say how or where they are stored and I don't know...