I did not make it through the day without crying .
I have cried on this day for eleven years.
I look at my daughter, and it is crazy to think that she will never really know what this day is all about. Sure, she will read about it in school, and she will undoubtably watch the horrific images. Images that never get easier to watch.
Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was and want I was doing. It was my senior year in college, and I was at the gym, and at first I thought it was a bad movie and I didn’t understand why every single TV was tuned to the same bad movie…
I saw first hand the damage at the Pentagon later than year when we buried my grandmother at Arlington.
In a way, it makes me feel more connected with my grandparents, all four of whom were World War II veterans (Coast Guard, US Navy, and the Royal Navy). They saw and experienced things that I will never understand, and things that cannot be explained.
I understand what my parents mean when they say they remember everything about the day that President Kennedy was shot.
One of my greatest fears is that as a nation we will forget. We will forget WHO did this and WHY they did what they did.
I do not want my daughter, or anyone else’s daughter (or son) to experience a day like that day.
God Bless America.
I always cry on this day too! I will never forget where I was when it happened either! I pray Emma never has to experience anything like it either! Hugs to you sweetie!
Thanks! Back at ya!
Yes I hope and pray more since I had a child. That’s for sure.
We certainly don’t want our children to ever face the nightmares we’ve witnessed, but hopefully the things we teach them faith in God and love of country will see them through dark times of their own.
I’m with you, I don’t want our country to EVER forget 9/11. I don’t want the US to EVER fall prey to this kind tragedy again. It would have been lovely, if you had added a YouTube video with some beautiful music. Did you know you linked this post to a musical meme? There are so many wonderful songs about 9/11 that would have tied in perfectly with your memorial. Thanks for joining us on Monday’s Music Moves Me. May God bless America!
God Bless America! Amen:)
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Such a sad day, but a day also to be grateful for all we have.
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Yes. So very grateful.
Beautiful post! I too have thought about my own children learning/reading about this horrific event in school. I pray none of us have to experience anything like it again.
I also have to apologize for not replying to a comment you left me on my blog a while back! I must have lost it in the bunch. You asked if I work at Barnes and YES, I do! I’ve been there for around 3 years now. We actually have float pool nurses on our unit who come around in blocks of 6 weeks at a time. I love all of them because they know SO much…..they’ve seen it ALL working in such a huge inner city hospital!
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No problem! Glad you made it over! Barnes is a wonderful place, I was born there! I’m reading reading about Gage.
Ah,yes,those who experience a horrific tragedy always reflect on it and hopefully learn from it too,in order to pass on proper perspective to the next generation.
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