I will not forget!

I will not stop writing about the events that happened on September 11, 2001.  Last year I wrote from my heart and even gave out a freebie for listening to my words.  Imagine my horror to get email after email saying "who cares", "so what" and many other hateful words.  I never in my life thought I would hear such negative words towards something that is so dear to not just myself but many Americans and even other citizens of other countries around the world! 

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the day the world stood still, clenching on to the news coming from the radios, television and internet.  Many couldn't get through to their families as the phone lines were clogged with callers.  Parents were picking their children up from school in fear that another terrorist attack would happen.  People, who never knew each other, held on tight and prayed together as a family asking God to watch over those people affected in the attacks as well as the rest of the country.

I will not forget that morning, waking to my newborn baby, feeding her while watching the morning news as the events unfolded.  I had turned the tv on just minutes after they started airing the information, watching it over and over again thinking "this must be a mistake, not on our soil"  But then hearing the news media saying it was a terrorist attack made me second-guess my thoughts and trust in the media.  A little bit later watching as the second plane crashed in to the second tower, wondering what those people were thinking the last few minutes of their lives, crying for their families as they watched their loved one crash into a building that held thousands of many other people!  The heartache that I felt, the sadness was overwhelming.

I will never forget and neither should you.  When you forget or pass on what happened that day, the deaths of all those people were in vain and the terrorist won their victory; just a few years later. 

 I was looking through a box of photos earlier this week, when I stumbled across photos from a visit to New York when I was a teenager.  As I looked at the photos, I remembered that day like it was yesterday; my father telling me "see those towers over there?  They are special, they are identical twins"  That was the first and last time I ever saw the towers.  When I was looking at the photos, I told my girls about my visit to New York with my parents, how when we go back we'll never see them again.  Its sad to think of a piece in history, gone forever.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is asking all Americans to observe a moment of silence at 1 p.m. Eastern time to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Americans are asked to "cease all regular activity for one minute to reflect on the lives lost and those affected by the tragedies of 9/11."

We need to give more than just a minute . . . . .

On Friday, I was driving in the car and the country radio station played a song that left me in tears of sadness, remembrance for those who lost their lives, as well as the message of the song ringing through my heart that I need to be diligent in telling others about God.

Listen to this song with an open heart, take heed to the words:

On our news and radio, everyone has been asking "what are you going to do to pass the hope?"  For a limited time being, I am passing the hope of our freedom with our Patriotic Pride, that every single American needs to have!

Don't forget those fallen, never lose the memory of that day!

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5 Textured Papers

Bead Scatter

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2 Buttons

Cherry Blossom

Clip

2 Flowers

1 Frame

1 Ivy

2 Leaves

1 Mat

1 Paint Splatter

1 Ribbon

1 Staple

1 Star Cluster

2 Stitches

4 Wordtabs

Complete Upper, Lower and Symbol Alpha

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Until next time . . . . .