7 years later

I'm sure that we all vividly remember the attacks that took place, and what we were doing on September 11, 2001. It was a pretty shocking day. I was a senior in high school. I remember I pressed the snooze button on my alarm about a million times, like I always did (not a morning person back then). My morning rountine always began with grabbing the remote from my night stand and flipping on the weather channel. The glare from the TV would help wake me up, and I would always know what the weather was going to be, so I could plan my attire accordingly. Well, this particular morning the scene of the first twin tower on fire was what I awoke too. Being so groggy my mind didn't comprehend what was going on. I thought that a movie was on instead of the weather. Still being half asleep, and irritated that the local forcast wasn't on, I tried to find a local news station to figure out the weather report. Well, after seeing the same image on basically every channel, I then realized that it wasn't a movie. I watched for a while, then went upstairs to watch it with the rest of my family. I remember not wanting to go to school, because I was obviously glued to the TV, but I went. Luckily, school was "cancelled" in a sense. Three-forths of my teachers just flipped on the TV and let us watch through class. My history teacher was very passionate about history, and made sure we knew that we were alive during a significant event in history. He told us to take notes, and remember that day. He said, "Your grandchildren are going to do a unit in their history classes about September 11, 2001, and they are going to want an interview with someone who was alive during it." I am glad that I was able to watch the news all morning. I distinctly remember sitting in class and watching as the second plane hit, and then again (in a different class) watching as the towers fell. I can't imagine being in that disaster, I am so grateful that I didn't loose anyone that day. My heart goes out to those who did. Lamar Alexander said, "September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for." And it did, I am proud to be an American, very grateful for those firefighters, policeman, and civilians who risked their lives to help others that day, and proud and grateful that we have people willing to go over seas to defend our country.




On a lighter note, what did we do today? We wore our flag shirts and went to Mcdoanlds:) My niece Natalie's school told everyone to wear red, white, and blue today, so Spencer and I joined in. We try so hard to get a good shot, but in never happens. This was the best we could get.




We don't have any 9/11 memorials here in Boise, none that I know of that is....I don't know anyone who was directly affected by the disaster. But I will proudly wear my flag shirt to show my remembrance, and patriotism!