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2002-09-13

The morning of 9/11/01 was a special morning for my family. I had just found out that I was pregnant and the 11th was m first OB/GYN appointment to confirm my pregnancy. That morning my husband and I woke up and began getting ready. My older son, Michael turned on the televison looking for cartoons. The TV was on our local NBC station and the Today show was on. They has just began to report the plane hitting the first tower. At this point it was speculated that it was probably just an accident, they were still unsure of what kind of plane ir was. The story capitivated me so I convinced my son to keep it on that channel. My son and I left the room to go get him dressed as my husband was stepping out of the shower. He asked what we were watching-I replied that it was the news. He wanted to know what movie they were criticing. Just as I replied that it was real that a plane had hit the world trade center- he remarked that he has seen the plane hit. I walked in the room and it began to become evident that another plane had hit the second tower. It became clear then that we were under attack. We continued to go about our day.
We took our son to daycare and went out to lunch. At the resturant, the bar area was full-everyone's eyes glued to the TV's. It was then that we heard of the plane in PA. It made me sick to my stomach-I lost any appitite that I had mustered up. It took everything I had that day at lunch to choke back the tears. My husband and I began to talk about how lucky we were to have what we do- our family and friends, but more importantly our freedom. The more we talked the more we realized that we truely do have something (our freedom) that people in other countries don't have or understand.
The doctors appointment was uneventful compared to the rest of the day- although it was the only relief we got from the attacks that day. It was confirmed that we were pregnant and everything looked fine.
The attack on our country has a way of bringing everyone together even in Columbus, OH. As a family we made more effort to talk to each other and tell each other everyday how much we loved each other, we even attended church for the first time since Christmas-looking for comfort and some kind of explanation for how this tragic thing could have occured. This tragic event even had repercussions through the holidays. Thanksgiving was about truely giving thanks for everything that we had. Christmas wasn't about the present but about family being together- and again being thankful that we could all be together.
Now, it is one year later an as the anniversary approached I began to feel guilty-because not only was I lucky enough not to have personally known any of the individuals that lost their lives that day, I have something happy to remember that day. Not many people have something to be glad about on 9/11. Beyond that I have a healthy baby boy to look at everyday and truely appreciate the gift of life, and what God has granted me.
My heart goes out to anyone who experienced any kind of loss that day- be in family, friend, co-worker, aquaintance, neighbor, or any other affiliation. My heart goes out to our country, for that day our freedom and independene was violated. I am deeply angered at the indiviuals who planned, carried out, or had any part in the attacks that took place. But, I find comfort in the knowledge that this county came together and this attack has done nothing but make us stronger as county. And if they think that we will sit back and just take it they have another thing coming. Last but not least- I am thankful for the men and women in the military who are defending our country here or abroad- I belive that our county is forever indebted to them.