forever in my memory...September 11, 2001

It's 10:45pm and Jesse & I are currently watching the documentary of 911 on the History channel and it just saddens me. It saddens me that it is so easy to forget this tragic day as we all go about our daily routines. The families that lost loved ones; the children that lost parents, the parents that lost their children...words cannot describe my pain for them. I remember it like it was just yesterday. Jesse & I were renting this tiny little apartment in Santa Barbara, we had been married just over a month and we were still off in la-la land. In Santa Barbara you don't get any channels unless you pay for cable, and anyone that knows my hubby knows we weren't about to waste $ on something so useless. So we went without TV, we LIVED off our Friends DVD's ~ we are big fans of Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Joey & best of all Gunther at Central Perk! Being that we didn't have TV, you can imagine it difficult to watch the news. So we were off to work, hand in hand walking to our cars before saying good-bye. Our landlord lived next door and I always would wave and say "Good Bye Bonnie, see you soon!" ~ I'm not a morning person, however I was still on cloud 9 so I was a bit chirpy. She instantly knew that I nor Jesse had NO clue about what had happened in New York. She pulled us into her apartment and showed us the news cast. I cried. The 2nd plane had just hit when we started watching. I have family on the East Coast and although I was pretty certain they weren't affected I still just hurt for the tragedy that took place and the lives you instantly knew were taken that day. The airline that was hijacked was the exact same airline that my Grandparents would take to come visit us. They had only left a few weeks prior from being out here for our wedding. That devastated me to think they could have been on that plane. That entire day was so surreal to me.

It hurts me to hear people bashing our troops that are over there fighting for us. If that upsets you to read that on my blog, I do not apologize. They are fighting for our freedom and we should back them up 110%. They have chosen to leave everything behind and fight for our Country and OUR freedom. Many of them being Fathers leaving their wives and children behind. Now having a son of our own I cannot imagine being a Mommy on my own without the support of my husband and to think about what my Husband would be missing. They have earned our respect and I hope each of us take the time to pray for these individuals. Remember that horrific day in your prayers. Those individuals that died were innocent...