It's been awhile since I have blogged. About three years. Way too long! So I have decided to gat back into it. As I look back over by blog, I found it fun to read. It is also a bit of a legacy that I can leave for my family. I am sure that someday the grandkids will get a huge kick out of reading it. So I am making a pledge to blog at least a couple of times a month so be sure t check back. It's almost 10:30 on Sunday night and I have to get up early tomorrow, so I won't post much today.
'Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?' I wanted to post something to remember a day that will forever be on our minds and in our hearts, 9-11-01. It was a day that many of us watched the television in dis-belief of what we saw. That morning I was at school at New Visions Charter School in Minneapolis. I had a room off the library and I remember when our media teacher came in and told me a plane had just flown into the World Trade Center. We turned on the television and soon found out a second plane had also hit it. Then we knew it wasn't an accident. Later we learned about the plane that crashed into the Pentagon and the one that those heroic passengers crashed in Pennsylvania.
I remember calling my daughter that morning, I needed to connect with her. We could not believe what we were seeing on the television. I was torn that morning, part of me wanted to race out of school, get in my car and drive out to her, but I also had a commitment at the school. It was a strange day. We went into a security mood at school. We had a very secure building with Honeywell security system that kept all doors locked and only opened with a special key card or with a buzzer in the office. Even with that security, we posted adults at all three doors that day. The IDS Tower in Minneapolis was evacuated that morning, and we at school tried to keep the day as normal as possible.
Later that night I went to my daughter's and the gas stations were busy! Everyone was filling up with gas. No one knew what would happen next. I think many just went through the motions of their normal activities. We all watched the television with horror as we saw people jumping from the Twin Towers and as we watched the video of the collapse of those two buildings. That night everyone held their children a little bit closer for a little bit longer.
Out of that day arose a new surge in patriotism in our country. At parades after that day, people began to applaud as the American Legion and Veterns of Foriegn Wars carried our nations flags at the beginning of parades. Many young people felt the desire to join the arm forces and we saw more American flags being flown across this great country. We also saw more credit being given to our men and women who have and are serving our country. Since that day, too many of our soldiers have lost their lives in the fight against terrorism, but the fight continues. So as I go to bed tonight, join me in saying a prayer that those serving on foreign lands will return safely to American soil.
