I will never forget…..

Eight years ago I stood in my living room. I had just fed my three day old newborn, Charlie. We had come home from the hospital the night before and we were just settling in to being "home". My mom had been with me all week and she was sitting on the couch drinking coffee. I had on a yellow robe and my hair was a mess. I was standing in the living room talking…holding Charlie…when Ric called. "Turn on the TV…something has happened in New York". I turned it on to what is now etched in all of our minds…..the pictures…the images….the fear. The one tower had been hit…papers were flying everywhere…people screaming…running…..fear. I stood with my mouth open and tears flooding my eyes….and then the second tower got hit. I remember saying…"get them out…get them out…oh Mom, they have got to get them out". I stood there with my newborn sleeping in my arms….crying…Mom was crying….more fear. Ric called back at that point to see what was going on and then the unthinkable…….the first tower fell. I remember screaming at the phone "Oh no Ric…it fell, the tower fell, all of those people Ric……they couldn't have gotten out." There were people jumping from windows…dust everywhere….running….and more fear.

That day changed our lives as we know it..no longer would we fly the same…visit popular landmarks the same…..view New York City the same…the Pentagon…the field in Pennsylvania. I would never hear the saying "Let's Roll"..without thinking of Todd Beamer and the hero's on that plane. We hugged our kids more…held onto our spouses….called people we hadn't talked to in ages. We forgave people….apologized to friends….dug in and clung to one another. Life was forever going to be changed.

I remember looking at Charlie thinking "what have I brought this child into…what is going to happen". I remember praying for families..firefighters…policemen….and the missing. I prayed that souls would be saved through that tragedy. Churches were filling up…people were reading their Bibles……people in our nation were on their knees in prayer…and God was with us. Through all of that tragedy…death…fear…a Holy God was still with us. He still brought peace..He still showed mercy...He was still God! He still was in Control…He still reigned..even in the darkness and the smoke. He was still God….and I will always remember!!

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