Never forget...

It's late on a Monday night.  I'm sitting in a hotel room.  Working, listening to music, surfing the Internet.  The things we do in this day and age.  Thoughts abound in my head, scattered.  It's the eve of 9/11. A fateful turn of events in our American history just a dozen years back.  I remember the day.  I remember waking up in our home, my husband and I both witness to the attach.  Dumbfounded.  What was happening, was it real?  I remember going into work, and everyone waiting, watching, in horror.  The planes grounded.  The nation silent.  Waiting.  An event that changed our path, our history and the way we lived our lives, our lives of freedom in this country.  I will never forget.  I hope to explain this to my son, someday.  The sacrifices.  The loss felt by so many.  The shock felt by the world.  The evil nature and spirit.  Yet, above all, the rising from the ashes.  The American people standing together.  Life was forever changed, and so many heroes lost their lives, and the families of those will forever feel that loss.  It is for them, we should be forever grateful of their sacrifice.  It is for our military hero's, whom we should be forever grateful, guarding our freedoms.

 I had an opportunity to visit the 9/11 memorial in May.  It was, far and away, the most incredible sight to be seen in NYC.  I would have been happy visiting only that site.  I cannot explain the serene feeling of deep, incredible sadness and loss...coupled with the amazing honor, spirit and light of the memorial.  The rosary left within a woman's name, followed by "and her unborn child".  The red roses scattered throughout the names.  The American flags.  The people posing for photos, next to those shedding tears.  I will go back, and I will bring my son, and I will tell him my story.  I will hope it will make an impact and inspire him.  Inspire?  Yes.  To be a hero.  A human being.  One with grace, kindness, appreciation, pride and honor, to be an American where our freedoms don't come "free".

 I will never forget.




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