9/11 - 5 years ago
I was at home with Morgan after getting Cody and Tamara off to school. We were watching Teletubbies when a friend called to see if I was watching TV. she told me to turn the TV to CNN - so I did - not knowing what I'd see. Just in time to see the second plane hit. I was 24 years old and still could not comprehend what I was seeing. I was shocked at how people could do something like this.
Morgan was watching the TV and wondering what was happening. I called my Mom and asked her if she had heard, told her I loved her. I thought about the kids at school, how their teachers would explain what had happened. Robin called and asked if I had heard, I told him I was watching it on TV. He had originally thought it was a joke - a realy horrible one. Nope. It was oh so true. Before I hung up with him, I told him I loved him. I hugged Morgan so tight and could not let go. I told all the kids before they went to bed that night that I lived them and the bad people who did this would be caught soon.
I sat by the TV all day - I couldn't turn it off. I was watching as both towers crumpled. As people jumped to their deaths. It was the worst thing I had ever seen in my 24 years. I still get tears in my eyes as I think about all the people who lost their lives. To me it doesn't matter if they were Canadian, American, Asian or Mexican - they should not have lost their lives that day.
We watched a show the other day, I forget what it was called. It was about the families left behind after 9/11. Some wives were pregnant, some had newborns and some had older children. Some of these children will never meet their fathers. I know all too well what that is like. It's a tough road ahead. Some only met their fathers for a brief time and will never remember them other than through pictures and memories told by others. It showed for the 1st anniversary how they got all the children together for a picture and then recently another picture. I cried. Some wives had remarried, some still grieved some could not let go. There was on wife who said "Everything is exactly where he left it when he walked out the door that morning. His toothbrush, comb, aftershave is still there. I can't move on yet."
If you have never heard Alan jackson's song - Where were you (when the world stopped turning) - find it and listen to it. It's an amazing song about 9/11. I found a site that has an amazing tribute to 9/11 - take a listen...
Take care of those you love and keep the victims & survivors of 9/11 in your thoughts and prayers on this day.
posted by Tracy @ 10:10 AM
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