As a nation we have spent the last week or more reminding ourselves of that horrible day ten years ago. We all know where we were when we heard the news. We all hugged our spouses and children a little tighter to us when we went to bed that night. We all cried together, sang together, prayed together. Obviously, some of us live with the consequences of those attacks every day--the empty place at the dinner table, or in the bed next to us. And I will not diminish that grief. But I, for one, would rather remember the moments and the days and the weeks after that day when this nation put aside all of its internal bickering and said with one very loud voice, "We are Americans! You have no right to come into OUR house and mess with OUR family!" The solidarity of patriotism during those days was a thing of beauty. And the heroism, courage and sacrifice of so many during those days showed us, and continues to show us, the best of people during the worst of times.
Here is a link to an article written on September 12. Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote so eloquently and spoke the hearts of so many with this article. I cried rereading it this week.
God bless the world and God bless America.
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