Remember

Good morning,
as you are probably aware, yesterday was the seventh anniversary of the destruction of the twin towers of the World Trade Center along with many of the buildings that formed part of, and surrounded, the complex. Yesterday I took a moment to remember those who lost their lives in what has to be the worst terrorist incident occurring within the United States in modern times.

There is little need to add my story to the endless list regarding September 11th; mine is pretty mundane and uneventful. I didn’t know anyone in the towers. I didn’t know anyone who lost their life. I wasn’t even in the country when it happened. But those things didn’t stop me from grieving then, and they didn’t stop me grieving now.

We are all marked by the scale of loss we experienced that day. We feel the sorrow for those who died, sadness for those families who found themselves suddenly missing members. The children who will grow up without parents, the parents who will grow old without their children.

We remember those heroes from the emergency services who lost their lives; and we are thankful for the people who were saved and rescued from the buildings. People whose lives are forever changed.

My thought for today is to remember those people who have suffered; be they innocent victims, or people whose jobs it is to make the world a safer place for us.  I also think we should take a moment to offer forgiveness to those who caused this to occur. We should forgive, but never forget.

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