Aug 31
Can you believe it’s been 12 years? Twelve years since I spent a week in tears glued to the TV. Twelve years since my friend slept over so we could wake up in the wee hours of the morning to watch the funeral live. Twelve years since I sobbed for her two little boys, which was years before I had two of my own and even knew what it felt like to be a mother. Twelve years since the world lost an extra-ordinary woman.
And yet I remember it like it was yesterday. And it still makes me cry. No really. I’m tearing up while I’m writing this. I need to go get a tissue . . .
July 1, 1961 – August 31, 1997
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August 31st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
I still remember where I was when the phone call came – shocking that 12 years has gone by. I lay a LOT of the blame on the paparazzi….trying to get the perfect photo so people like me would spend loads of money on weekly tabloids/magazines. The day Diana died I promised NEVER to buy another tabloid/magazine and have kept my promise. It’s the least I could do for her – I still can’t believe she’s gone.
August 31st, 2009 at 9:24 pm
I didn’t hear a thing about it on t.v. today. Why is that? Did I miss it? Or is 12 years not an important enough number for the media to mention it? Will we only hear about it again maybe at the 15 year or 20 year mark? The world is a little different without her, Michael Jackson, and some other truly special people.
September 10th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Has it been that long? Wow. Remember sitting up at 4 a.m. to watch her funeral? So sad.