9/11/01

Today is a day I remember like millions of others.  I was in college up at NAU in Flagstaff, AZ.  I was living in Kachina Village. (About 20 miles outside of Flagstaff) with a few friends in a cabin.  We woke up to my roommates Mother leaving us messages on the answering machine.  You know back in the day when we had land lines and answering machines??  She was yelling it's a World War III.  We all got up being college kids and all... and turned on the T.V. in Kachina you only have certain channels.  We found it on satellite.  I was in shock, in horror, in amazement.  That was a long day.  I went to class and the university was acting as if this never happened.  That it was a normal day.  I was doing my math homework in the library then headed to class.  After a couple of classes NAU closed down for the day.  We all went home and I was doing my studies on the porch in the woods.  Kachina is a very small woods town.  I called my Dad.  I said what if they attach us??  He told me I think you are fine in Kachina.  I remember and I am still so SORRY for all the families and friends that were affected.  Ten years ago but it still feels like yesterday.

I remember talking to my Mom's best friend who lives in NY at the time.  She said they were at a dentist appt and told me she had to walk the Brooklyn Bridge.  Yes walk since all of NY had shut down and were all running away from the smoke.  So many people took their lives to help others ten years ago.

Let's stop cutting lines, racing in our cars, yelling at others driving, stop being so impatient, and be grateful for our lives here on Earth.  Let's look at our neighbor and smile.  Let's look at our children and hug them.  Let's be thankful for what we have and not be in such a dam rush for everything.  Smile at your boss and say good morning even if it kills you.  Your job isn't your everything.  Your family is.  Stop and smell the roses like my babies do.  After all you never know what will happen tomorrow.  Remember what life was like as a child.  Work wasn't in that equation like it is today.

Today I remember.