Today, I think, is a great day to be nostalgic. I think back to September 11, 2001 as we had just landed in LA the night before to begin our family vacation with my brother & sister. What was to be a time of freedom ended up being a time that we all spent watching in horror as we witnessed the nightmare of 9/11 unfold. So far in my life I had never witnessed anything so tragic as this. The emotion and the feeling of helplessness overwhelmed me as I tried to explain to my little girls what had taken place. Our world changed that day. Just, as for so many, it changed back on the day of Pearl Harbor. My generation had taken for granted, too long, the safety and security of our country as we had always known it. I remember writing in my diary; I will never forget. Lord, help us never forget. I remember the fear in the voices of those who spoke on TV. I remember watching, and not even comprehending, those who were jumping from the buildings as the flames and smoke surrounded ...
Let's see...what should be the topic? The horrible loss in Haiti, the stress of every day life, the trivial news of NBC's mess, or should it be...the quick departure of the Vols coach? Life is overwhelming....really I shouldn't even mention the terror of what's going on in Haiti in the same sentence as trivial Hollywood and the crap that goes on there. Although I've never walked on foreign soil...as I looked at the devastation in Haiti, my heart was broken. A man walking down the street with his dead child in his hands. Survivors walking the streets looking for loved ones. The dead just lying in the streets. Another man carrying his dead child, wrapped in a sheet, as he rides on the back of a moped. The look in their eyes pierced my soul, and today I have taken a good, long hard look at the things that "bother" me. I thank God today for my life, and all the blessings there in. Yes, I even thank Him for the things that don't feel so good; because ...