Remembering...

Today it didn't really hit me that it was "9/11". I feel bad saying that but each year I feel like I forget more and more to take some time to think about all of those who were lost and their families, the children who never got to meet their fathers because they were lost in the attacks, they will be 8 soon, that is INSANE to me. I know the grief of losing a loved one and when I think about that it breaks my heart for all of these people. I didn't know anyone that was lost that day.

That day I was in my 7th grade science class and they sent us home early. I knew the World Trade Center Towers had collapsed, but in my 12 year old naivete, I didn't realize until I got home and saw it on the TV that the Twin Towers and the World Trade Center Towers were one in the same. I had been to New York earlier that year in May. We were supposed to go to the top of the towers but it was foggy that day so they decided we shouldn't. I took a picture of them from our river tour and when I looked at the picture 4 months later what I saw was chilling. The fog was so thick that day that the towers looked just like when they were collapsing, only half of the towers were visible.

I pray for those families and friends, some of whom are still struggling with their grief, that they find peace and solace in the fact that their loved ones are with our maker.