I remember exactly what I was doing. I was getting Ashley ready for "MOM'S DAY OUT" ,she was just 4 years old. For the first time I did not turn on the TV right when I got up. I fed Ashley and got her dressed. It was around 8:30 when I turned on the TV. There I saw a building with smoke coming out of the top on the TV screen! I had NO clue what had happened. I remember thinking it must have been a small engine plane off course.. I then took Ashley to the van and turned on the radio. That was when I realized what was actually happening. On my way to the church the 2nd building was hit. I heard about the pentagon ,and somewhere in the horror of it all I heard about the crash in the field in Pennsylvania. The news was loud and alarming and I remember the feelings of sorrow and panic I was feeling. I dropped Ashley off at the church and headed to my next appt. I was in the Clarksville Garden Club. We all met at a fellow gardeners home. We all sat around the TV and started to soak up all the info, and realize what we had just seen and heard. The rest of my day was a blur. Just hanging onto every word and every sight on the TV and crying with sorrow and anger with the rest of the world. Today marks 7 years that have past since that terrifying day. Although it has been 7 years ago today, it feels like much less when I think about it. But on the flip side, when I think of what has happened in between,about the wars,the economics that it messed with,the jobs lost and the loss of our comfort in this world,it feels like a life time. And no matter how much time passes I still can feel that knot in my stomach and the pain in my heart and the anger inside that I felt that day 7 years ago. This is an event we will never forget and we will talk about for the rest of our lives.
God Bless the victims and hero's of 9-11 and those who loved them.
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