7 years....

Last night when I went to bed, the visions on our little tv from the 10:00 news kinda caught me off guard. Twin towers, airplanes, pentagon...fear, anger, saddness. I couldn't believe that I had actually "forgotten" what today was. Other than my BFF Sarah's bday, it is 9/11. I looked at Dave and simply said, "I can't belive it has been 7 years".

A lot has happened in 7 years. 10 days after the 9/11, Dave proposed to me. We bought a house, were married, traveled, had 2 beautiful kids, have said goodbyes and hellos to numerous friends and family, we have have watched the world and wondered what would happen next and then slowly, slowly, slowly, we kinda put that forward fear on the back burner and are "comfortable" again.

7 years

Don't they say that is the time it takes for swallowed gum to get out of your system? Or was it the number of years bad luck if you break a mirror. Hmm...

7 years

This year, we have an important reponsibility as american citizens....we have to VOTE!

7 years

They are dedicating a memorial at the Pentagon today...17,000 invited. And I am sure that for everyone else, it is just a traffic headache....I guess 7 years is what it takes to harden back up, huh?

7 years

I remember reading about in school when JFK was shot. It was something in a school book for me but my parents remembered what they were doing down to the second. 9/11 is the same for me and my children. I will never forget the day...where I was, what I was doing and how I felt as I watched the first tower fall to the ground. Zach and Maddie will only learn about this in school (and mom and dad of course). But, when will they say to me, "hey mom, do you remember 9/11?" "Do I remember? Oh yes, I remember, oh so well."

I am proud to be an American and I get weepy every stinkin' time I hear the National Anthem...."...the land of the free and the home of the brave"

God bless America today and always! And may we NEVER forget....

...has it really been 7 years...wow.