FREEDOM

I remember 9 years ago fairly clearly...which is amazing in its self.  I had just woke up to take care of my sweet boys, I had a 3 month old who was the sweetest thing, and I turned on the TV out of habit.  What I saw changed my life.  Changed my perspective of life.  Changed my ideas about freedom.  Changed my ideas about what it means to have pride and patriotism for my country.   I will forever remember the somberness in the air everywhere you went.  I remember seeing the video of the plane that had hit the first tower and the sickening feeling I had then to actually witness the 2nd plane crashing into the 2nd tower just made my heart ache...you knew that there were hundreds of souls lost in that moment.  I did not know one person that was hurt or killed but I felt immense pain for them and their loss.  I remember seeing documentaries about the babies that were born that year that never met their fathers...it still makes me cry.  I had to work that day but I remember driving home and seeing the massive flag that Macey's grocery store has and it meant something to me.  Something more than it ever had before.  I was a statement of freedom!  I somewhat understood what others had gone through to give me the freedoms that I have.  All I can say is thank you!  Thank you for giving your time, your loved ones and your lives for me, for the future generations of people you would never meet.