Blog #3 9/11

            Tonight at the kitchen table I was talking to my mom about where she was during September 9^th, 2001. She said that she was giving me a bath at my Grandparent’s house where we were staying at the time because our house was under construction. She said she left me for a split second to listen to the news that was constantly playing at the house. She said that she listened to the newscasters hysterically describe the scene over and over again throughout the day. I was only four years old and at the time had no idea what was going on. I had no idea that hundreds of lives were being lost and hundreds of families were being torn apart. Now that I think back, it is funny how I could be so young and so innocent that I had no idea that such a horrible time in our history as a nation was occurring. I was probably worrying about what I was going to eat next while others were worrying about whether they were going to live or not. I know that soon after this incident came the Iraq war, but I do not really know the details about it making me unable to make an educated opinion on whether it was the right thing to do or not. I do know though, that war is horrible and needs to be extremely well justified. Today being the 11^th anniversary of this traumatic occasion I think that it is important that we all look back on the lives that were taken not only during the day of September 9^th, 2011 but also in the Iraq War that followed. Many lives were taken that can never be replaced and we need to always remember the sacrifice that those men and women made for us and be grateful for the lives we were given.