Remembering 9-11-2001...

Today marks 3 years since the horrible events of 9-11-2001. Here at school I have gotten in the habit of leaving my TV tuned in to CNN or Fox News whenever I am in my room, including while I am sleeping... this morning as I was waking I saw horrible images of a downtown city under attack, and for a few seconds thought we were reliving 9-11 all over again three years later. As I strained to open my bleary eyes, horror filled my heart as I was trying to understand what city had apparently just been struck. And then, as the recollection that today was 9-11-2004 and that this was just footage remembering those grievous events, I also remembered the relief that built across the country with every new sunrise that we enjoyed terror-free after that day. Sweet, albeit bitter, RELIEF! That relief that that we feel, today nearly drowns out the fear that we felt on that day... , however, may we never forget the sacrifices of those involved that day, nor the losses of their loved ones.

I don't want to cheapen the memories of that day with some long political entry... so I will close this post with a request that we all take a moment of silence and say a little prayer for the survivors of 9-11 and for the men and women in and out of uniform who serve overseas in the heart of the danger struggling to secure a continued peace for us here at home...