9.11.2001 So Long Ago

Twenty three years have passed… It seems, it feels like ancient history now? For the families, loved ones, and friends, the wounds of profound loss are terribly fresh for some. Life was changed forever for them, changed for us in our reaction to the horror of that day. It is hard to recognize 9.12.2001 from where we are at now. For the days that followed, our politics did not matter, racism did not matter, we didn’t care what color you were. station in life did not matter. who we slept with did not matter, what set of sex organs we sported in our underwear did not matter, what God each other believed in or what we said in thought did not matter at all. We did not need pronouns, diversity training, reparations, cults of personality, or hysterical pundits to guide us in understanding what was in our hearts and what we felt in our guts -that we are Americans.

So long ago, and one day later with great cause, we rallied for each other, and had each other’s backs. We demonstrated what is awesome about us, our country.

Twenty three years later, it can be said we have forgotten who our neighbors are, what we actually mean to each other as Americans. We have a solemn obligation to honor those lost. They deserve better, we deserve better from each other. Right now we are failing at this. Lessons learned on 9.12.2001 need to be reinstalled as a permanent staple of our society. How we treated each other back then needs to be revisited in earnest.

I have not forgotten: 

The memories and the feelings from that day have not faded, nor diminished. It was to be a perfect bluebird day in September.

The near-perfect September day morphed, shattered for thousands of victims in mere seconds for many, some in agonizing, terror-filled minutes, hours yet for others.

In the ripples of life, our greatest loss is to never know or benefit from what great deeds and accomplishments of all those lost. 

That we came together as Americans. We were united as Americans. We still are Americans. Many have forgotten this very fact in recent times.

Those that perished on this fateful day of September 11th, 2001.

Those that gave all in order to save lives. Heroes that walk among us to this day.

Those who survived only succumbed to it days, months, and years later.

That we are all equal by way of our maker

This is republished each year as I find it so important to include:

On each anniversary of 9/11, my thoughts return to two fellow NWTF members Cynthia Giugliano & Walter Weaver that we lost that day. A memorial webpage can be found at http://www.turkey-talk.com/9_11_01_memorial.htm

I ask that each of you give thought to those that serve us in all vocations. In your travels, I ask that you take the time to thank those that serve us, and continue to support what they do for our country.

Along with counting your blessings, say a prayer for all innocent victims, and that you do something on your part to make the world just a little bit better for those around you. We can all benefit from random acts of kindness.

-MJ

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