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2006-09-11

My story has previously been told, but looking back five years later it still leaves an eerie feeling in the pit of my stomach.
It sickens me thinking about the horror the victims, their familes, citizens of this country and those abroad went through on that day.
My son is now five. I tried to explain to him yesterday what had happened when he was only eight months old. He still isn't old enough to understand, but someday he will.
Someday he will understand the sacrifices made on that day - willingly and unwillingly. Someday he will understand that no matter what happens in our lives, we have to push on. Someday he will understand that September 11 is not only a day of rememberance, but a day of pride for this country...to be proud that we can endure even in the face of the unthinkable, to be proud of how this country came together in a time of great need, and to be proud of our heroes that fought the battle that day in the air and on the ground.
God bless this country and all it stands for. One nation under God, indivisible!