Has it really been 5 years?

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It seems so long ago at times and at other times it's still fresh pain remembering 9-11. Fresh pain that no aspirin can find. At other times it's like it never happened and we are still fighting over nothing.

Did anyone save this email that circulated?


What A Difference A Day Makes...

On Monday we emailed jokes
On Tuesday we did not

On Monday we thought that we were secure
On Tuesday we learned better

On Monday we were talking about heroes as being athletes
On Tuesday we relearned who our heroes are

On Monday we were irritated that our rebate checks had not arrived
On Tuesday we gave money away to people we had never met

On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools
On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying

On Monday people argued with their kids about picking up their room
On Tuesday the same people could not get home fast enough to hug their kids

On Monday people were upset that they had to wait 6 minutes in a fast food drive through line
On Tuesday people didn't care about waiting up to 6 hours to give blood for the dying

On Monday we waved our flags signifying our cultural diversity
On Tuesday we waved only the American flag

On Monday there were people trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and creed
On Tuesday they were all holding hands

On Monday we were men or women, black or white, old or young, rich poor, Christian or non-Christian.
On Tuesday we were Americans

On Monday politicians argued about budget surpluses
On Tuesday grief stricken they sang 'God Bless America'

On Monday the President was going to Florida to read to children
On Tuesday he returned to Washington to protect our children

On Monday we had families
On Tuesday we had orphans

On Monday people went to work as usual
On Tuesday they died

On Monday people were fighting the 10 commandments on government property
On Tuesday the same people all said 'God help us all' while thinking
'Thou shall not kill'

Yes

Yes

I can remember several days later, photographing at a JV football game and the referees had to call an "official's time out", because the game had stopped and everyone in the stadium was on their feet cheering at the sight of the first jetliner anyone had seen in days and days.

The sight of a passenger jet flying over will always be a symbol of our freedom to me, after that day.