September 2011

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since that terrible day.  We all remember exactly where we were when we heard the news.  I was in my first full day of class in the esthetics program at Tennessee School of Beauty.  Our instructor had just started teaching us some basic facial techniques.  We partnered up and I got to be on the receiving  end first.  I was laying there with cleanser all over my face when another instructor walked in and asked if anyone had family in New York City.  We listened to everything on the radio.  I remember how terrified I was when I heard that another plane hit.  It was then that the whole world realized that this was not an accident.  When the plane hit the pentagon we had the sickening feeling of . . . what next?

I called Eric.  He was working as a police officer at the time and was a part time student at UT.  He was heading to class when he heard the events unfold on the radio.  He was immediately called into work.  He worked a lot of  12 hour shifts for the next few weeks.  I remember feeling worried about him going into work.  I knew so many fire fighters and police officers had been killed that day.

This day changed our country forever.

I visited the World Trade Center when I was about 13.  It was the summer of 1993 after the first attacks on the buildings in Feb. 1993.  We were able to go to the observation deck on the top of the South tower.  I remember being so amazed at how beautiful the view was!

I had several nightmares after 9-11 that I was on the observation deck when the plane hit the building.

I can’t imagine the pain of the families of those that lost their lives.  Families who lost sons, daughters, fathers and mothers.  I pray for all of those people today.

We will never forget.

Psalm 25:2-3
In you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me. No one whose hope is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.

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