Day 121

It seems like a long time ago.

For me, 9/11 was almost half a lifetime ago.  When I think about it that way, it seems like a very long time ago indeed. Even so, I remember it clearly just like everyone else.

11 years later, the shock has worn off; the sadness remains.  Sadness will always remain when people lose their lives cruelly and ununnecessarily. So much has changed since that time.  On the whole, I think we as a nation have moved on.  Not moved on in the sense that we pretend it didn't happen or have forgotten, no, may it never be. We will always remember and honor the fallen and the heroes, but we have moved on in the way that we must, the way that is necessary. Tragedy is like getting a new tattoo:  It hurts at the beginning, you think about it often, you will always carry it with you, but eventually it will fade a little bit and you won't think about it as much.  Such is life: we get knocked down, then we get back up and learn how to live again.  The greatest honor we can give to the fallen is to show that terrorism did not win that day.



Dedicated to the memory of the victims and heroes of 9/11.