That's just WRONG.
I didn't mean to. In fact, there are MANY days that I forget the date in general. Just ask my Mom about birthdays. For all my organizational prowess, dates simply elude me no matter what I do.
It probably has to do with homeschooling and being a stay-at-home Mom. We don't really NEED to know the date and time, because they mostly don't matter. Every so many days I check to see if I have an appointment or something coming up, but it's not unusual for me to find out the day before BY CHANCE.
Anyhow, I digress....
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Today is 9-11, and it's something I never want to forget. That was a very heartwrenching and uncertain time.
Seeing all those people die.....jumping from 100 stories up....
Watching the buildings fall....
Imagining the people in the planes....little children.....
Wondering if the attack was coming HERE (we have an arsenal close by... a good target in war)....
Wondering where my friends and relatives were, who live close to NY....
I never want to forget those memories, and I want my kids to see the pictures and watch the video and feel the heartache we all felt that day.
So they won't forget either.
Sometimes, we need to pass on these things that we know. These bad things. It will give our kids the sense of patriotism they need to uphold everything this country stands for. America was founded because of hardship, and she's strong because of it too. If we as a nation run away from trouble and hide, then we will crumble. We're only here, and the strongest nation in the WORLD, because we've fought for what we want and met our enemies on our terms. When we give that up, we give up our entire heritage and the fabric of ourselves.
The fabric of a star-spangled banner that through fire, bombs, and rubble is still standing and flying strong. We can't forget that. We can't give it up. They need to know.
Pass it on, dear readers, pass it on.
4 comments:
If it makes you feel a smidge better, my husband actually WORKS at an Army Arsenal.
And just so you know... out of my entire list of blogs on my Sage (my feed reader)... Meghan McCain (Yes, John McCain's daughter) was the only one that had ANYthing about 9/11 on it.
Sad how soon people forget. Oddly enough, that day so many people cried out to God and took so much pride in their country and what it stood for. Now, just these few years later, so many have forgotten.
NO! That makes me worry for YOU! Ack!
I hope we never forget...it is definitely worth teaching to our children.
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