9-11

I know someday our kids will ask where we were on 9-11-01, but I really wasn't prepared to answer Elizabeth's questions today. I was getting ready for church and had the TV on and the remembrance ceremonies were being televised. Elizabeth came in asked about the fountains, where the foot prints of the towers used to stand. She asked why the buildings weren't there anymore and who took them down. I always try to be honest with all answers I give her, but this was a truth that she is just not ready for and I wasn't ready to share. Luckily, a snack diversion worked.

10 years ago I was a senior in college and it was the fall career fair. The career fair where you are supposed to be able to get a ton of interviews and land a job before Christmas break so that you can "breeze" through the last semester. Needless to say not a lot of companies showed up at the career fair and if they did, they didn't know if they were hiring and weren't sure what their futures held. I don't think any of us knew what our futures held. I remember that I had French class and the TA dismissed us early. I walked over to the Student Union and everyone was watching the news. We sat at tables with people we didn't know and we talked to people we usually didn't talk to. There was an instant bond and in the wake of being attacked you could tell that WE were getting stronger. There was a football game that weekend and there was talk of all sporting events being cancelled, for fear of attacks on large public gatherings. The game went on and I have never heard so many people actually sing our National Anthem! I think every generation has that, "where were you when...." moment and this is mine. You would be amazed how many times over the last ten years that I look at a clock at the time is 9:11. It actually happened this morning. I grabbed my phone to turn it to silent mode for church and it was 9:11.

Brandon told me earlier this week that he was going to have a business trip. At the time I didn't realize he was going to be flying today. I will be glad when I know he is there and am selfishly glad he isn't going to a major airport!

Elizabeth and Grant, someday Mommy and Daddy will tell you all about 9-11, but for know just think how beautiful those fountains are and how lucky we are to have our freedom.