Five years ago today, our lives were turned upside down. Thousands of lives ended while the rest of ours would never be the same. In fact - they changed forever.
We've all moved on. Some holding tighter to our families. Some families have grown bigger since then (I know our has). Yesterday, our pastor touched on something that, because of an article I read about the children born to “9/11 families” after the tragedy, I've been thinking about most of the week myself. With the 5th year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks - how will all the families who lost loved ones on that horrible day handle this anniversary? We all had a moment of silence in church while afterwards, our pastor lifted those families up in prayer.
It's been hard ever since that day to NOT think about the impact this tragedy has had on us. Not only on our personal selves but on our nation and the world. If you're anything like me, you naturally take a moment of silence out of respect to those who lost their lives and lift their surviving loved ones (not to mention America) up in prayer. Let us NOT let this anniversary be any different than the ones before it. Let us take that moment of silence as well as lifting all their loved ones and this nation up in prayer.
May they rest in peace and may justice truly prevail.
....for those interested in reading the article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060908/ap_on_re_us/sept11_turning5