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2002-09-09

While arriving at the nursing home to visit my mother in law , her tv was on, all the nurses aides and nurses were in her room when we arrived, many were crying, some were praying. the only one not affected was my mother in law, she had alhemizers, and for the first time, what a blessing for her. we watched tv with the nurses and other staff for a few minutes and felt an urgency to get home, our two daughters were in middle school, we were concerned they would call, and would need to hear our voices, assuring them we were ok, and they were ok, even though we all were many miles and many states away. Once we arrived home, we turned the tv on immediately, that's when the second plane had crashed into the WTC. We immediately fell on our knees and prayed for all those people, and we cried. we couldn't leave the tv, even though we didn't want to hear what was happening, even though we knew people were dying, we knew this tragedy was changing America, and life as we knew it, we knew we were watching history, and the kind of history we didn't want to experience. I'll never forget my husband's word's, they cut like a knife, We are now in war, and those poor people are the first casualties. May God have mercy on our country. He then said let's Pray for the world not just for America, but for the World.

Yes, my life and my family's life has changed because of Sept. 11. We are more cautious, more fearful, more loving, more prayerful, more considerate, more compassionate, more loving, more tolerant, more patient, more God-fearing. We've made a few changes in our home as well, we are more careful regarding our surroundings, we are more polite to others, In public we only do things as a buddy doing things together. We stopped all travel overseas until we as a family feel safe.

Our country came together as one. Many wonderful people lost their lives, and should never be forgotten, they were hero's and victims. We together can overcome. United we are strong.

Yes, we proudly flew our American flag. The reason, I'm afraid was two-fold, one was: Proud American, Two was: IN YOUR FACE BIN LADEN WE CAN NOT BE BEATEN! My feelings about the American flag has changed, I see it more proudly, I hail it with respect, and I lovingly honor it with gratitude and a deep commitment of loyalty.