I drove home following celebrations and reunions over a special long weekend. Another day, I may write the many joys and blessings of those recent busy days, but today is 9/11.
- A day to remember, to reflect, to pray
- A day to appreciate the extreme heroism, courage, and self-sacrifice of so many for the possibility of saving another's life
- A day to admire my son and his wife for immediately volunteering to give their blood
- A day to be proud of my teenage grandson who trains and serves with the volunteer firefighters of his community very near the field in Pennsylvania where United Flight 96 went down
- A day to thank God that crash missed his family's home
- A day to thank God my sister and her husband had declined an invitation to the Pentagon
- A day to mourn with survivors and with our Nation
- A day to remember where I was, what I was doing, and see some fruit of that work
- A day to turn away from selfishness and seek God's wisdom
- A solemn day...a Patriot Day
