There were so many topics that I wanted to blog about this past weekend and I blogged about zero. I’m going to start with the first topic, and one of the most important topics; the 10 Year Anniversary of 9-11.
I don’t think I realized, when I was fourteen years old, what the terrorist attacks on 9-11-2001 would mean for our country and our world on that day and for days, months and years to come. I was too young to understand the devastation in its entirety. I remember being in disbelief, sad and confused. However, for the most part, I was not that greatly affected as a child. I still had school to go to everyday and none of my friends or family members were directly affected by the incident. Thus, I moved on and remembered the day as a day in history that I got to personally experience.
Ten years later, I watched the interviews and video clips from that horrific day. For the first time in ten years, I cried. It finally hit me; I finally could understand the meaning behind the devastation. I could see, as an adult now, what 9-11 meant for our country and the world we live in. It changed major policies throughout the world. For the first time, we had a terror alert system in place and going through the airport was no longer a simple, quick task, but a tedious one. The ten year reunion also showed me just how quickly life moves. With or without devastation; life continues to pace every day. I know I’ve said this before in (Life), but this is a great example of it. Life moves on with or without us and it moves quicker than we think. I am still astounded that ten years have come and gone already. Yet, here we are, moving forward toward the future; just as we will continue to do every day for the rest of our life. That is the one thing that is certain.
