I am not the author of these words, but received from from an acquaintence two years ago on the 2nd anniversary of September 11th. Its one of the best expressions of what most Americans feel about this day I’ve seen, and it deserves to be shared.
Today is my mothers birthday, she turns 67. I love my mother very much, and hope and pray she has a wonderful day! It is a day that changed everything 2 years ago for all of us, but 9/11 will always be her birthday. A birthday should be celebrated, enjoyed, a day that we look forward too.
I remember September 11, 2001 like it was today, not yesterday not 2 years ago. I have not been the same, and can not get the images out of my minds eye! For the most part I am not an emotional person, I do not let most of life’s indignities get to me, but the events of September 11, 2001 have gotten to me and stay with me. The smallest image, the spoken words, the thought of those who died all seem to cause tears.
As they probably should!
Today, I display our flag proudly, I preach we should not and can not forget 9/11. I even got a tattoo to commemorate the day, and I wonder why it took such an awful event to make me appreciate the country we livein. Why did I take our freedoms, our liberties for granted?
All over our world people are remembering the day the world changed and I wonder if I have become a better person for it, or have I just become more aware of the gifts in my life. I do know I have not been as happy as I should be considering what I
have, my children, family, friends. I am conflicted! I want to do something, I just don’t know what to do. I want the pain to end, but I know this is something that just doesn’t go away! My family & friends are safe, they were not among the 3000 + people that perished 2 years ago. I can not imagine the pain and anger those who lost loved ones feel, but still I am angry and hurt!I do not want to make any kind of political statement, nor do I feel it is my place to judge anyones views on the state of affairs going on in the world today, but I find my views changing, my beliefs are strong and I want our country to take steps to stop those who would try to take away our freedoms, to prevent the events of 9/11 from happening again. It is those freedoms that give us the right to stand up and voice our views, popular or not! But I do feel strongly the need to support our troops doing a job I chose not too. If I knew then what I know now I believe I would have chosen a different path in life. Thank God for those men & woman who fight for our freedom and sacrifice so we can live in this great nation free!
I believe fear is a lack of faith and I am grateful to have faith. Faith in a higher power has gotten me through many situations that may have paralyzed me due to fear. I know those who lost there loved ones on that terrible day have gotten by one day at a time thanks to faith! I ask so many questions that I hope will be answered some day, but until then I keep the faith.
I am not sure why exactly I am writing this, but I do hope it will give me some peace. I have not spoken much about this, other then to express my anger, but I hope one or two of you that read this will understand and maybe help me let go. I do not want to forget, but I do want to be at peace with this horrible event in our lives.
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