I will always remember
my mom calling and her first words,
"honey. something has happened, we are okay, it's New York.
Turn on your television."
I will always remember
sitting, staring, In Shock,
as the second plane crashed Live into the 2nd Tower.
I will always remember
being at work all day that day,
and barely leaving the back room where
every single television station was dialed in to New York,
then Pennsylvania, and then D.C.
And every voice, every image, was Frantic.
I will always remember
watching, in disbelief,
as the towers Crumbled to dirt.
I will always remember
the immediate Vigils,
the American Pride,
the worry,
the communities that Forged Together in the aftermath.
I will always remember
the Prime Time specials about the Babies.
The babies that lost their parents that day.
Those babies that are now 11 years old.
Just like my son.
My son.
My son,
he does not remember.
He doesn't know.
He does not remember those minutes, hours, days, Months,
of the aftermath where we all cried, and were fearful,
and burdened with the loss of our fellow citizens,
and the attack on our Homeland.
and burdened with the loss of our fellow citizens,
and the attack on our Homeland.
He asked me a while ago,
around the time Bin Laden was killed,
"What happened on 9/11 mom?
I know something happened on 9/11."
he really didn't know.
around the time Bin Laden was killed,
"What happened on 9/11 mom?
I know something happened on 9/11."
he really didn't know.
We must remember to tell our children.
9/11/01
I will always remember.
I will always remember.
In Memory,
-m-
13 comments:
I got goosebumps reading this, and by the end tears were streaming down my face. My daughter is only 2 1/2, and I know one day she'll ask me what happened, and I'm not sure how I'll explain it.
This is a beautiful post. May we never forget.
This was beautiful. I will always remember too. I remember I was 2 weeks into my freshman year, first time away from home. I got to class early, sat there drinking my coffee, watching the news. I watched it happen. I thought it was a joke. Then everyone was watching. Then everyone was frantic. Half of the students from my school was from NY, the other half from MA. Everyone was worried and everyone cried. I'll never forget.
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
Thanks for your words Makaila - very touching and a great reminder for us all. I honestly have to say I didn't even think about it until I turned the news on this morning. It's the first year I didn't "remember" which is sad. The human spirit is resilient but we should never ever forget!
-Kristen
Great post. I was working at a tanning salon and heard about it on the radio. I turned the tv on right as the second tower was being hit. It felt like a movie and not reality.
serious chills reading this.
i remember seeing it on tv in my mom's room thinking it was a trailer for some new movie.
i learned quickly that it wasn't and i'll never forget sitting in class all day watching the news.
My little 9 year old cousin asked me a lot of questions recently about 9/11. It's hard to think that these young kids won't have the memories we do about this horrible day in history.
You post brought tears to my eyes. I cannot imagine having to explain this day to my children. To any child.
My 8th graders only kind of know what happened. Its so hard to truly explain it, because it changed everything. I hope none of our kids ever have to find out what it was really like to watch something like that unfold and to be so afraid of the unknown.
This is incredible....so powerful!
This is so perfectly written. So beautiful. I think that it's important to remember but it's do hard to rewatch because as a parent all I would see is the end of my son or daughters life and be helpless. But it's forever in every soul.
well written woman. it never occured to me that this was an event my daughter would read about in a text book in history class. love you.
xx
justyn
Cried like a babe, love this
I had those same EXACT thoughts yesterday...all the babies who don't know their parents....how our kids don't remember....BUT we will never forget
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