10 Years Ago

Why not 3 posts in one day?

10 years ago...

- I remember sleeping and being woken up to the news.  I think I walked into my mom's room right as the 2nd plane crashed.  I remember my mattress was on the floor and my room was a mess.  I must have been changing rooms that I slept in.

- I think I didn't go to my MCC classes that day.  I just didn't really want to do anything on that day.

- I think I went to work (therapy with children who had autism) but came home early.  

- I remember watching a lot of news.  I don't think Ryan went to school that night so we just hung out and watched the news.  I can't even remember if we were at his house or at mine.  

- I remember thinking that I needed to get things in order.

- I remember a day or so later telling my dad that we needed to get the scout flags and put them up everywhere.  So I helped put up flags.  I'm pretty sure I made sure our house had a flag flying for quite some time.  I already had a patriotic heart, it just hopped into high gear after the attacks.

- I loved seeing all the flags around town.  My favorite was the truck I saw with 2 flags waving on flag poles stuck into a tire in the bed of the truck.   

- I remember looking at the sky and thinking about the noticeable absence of planes.  Well, I think I did see some fighter jets.

- I remember talking with my friends about the unknown. 

- I remember that all of a sudden it seemed like everyone loved each other and wanted to be nice to one another.  People were more respectful, more united, more kind.  People were also more humble and less into themselves.  I wish more of that would have stuck around for longer.      

I remember where I was when I heard the news, but everything else is pretty foggy.  But does that matter?  Things happen and we change. I'm pretty sure I am a better person than I was 10 years ago.  Take that terrorists.  You loose.  You'll always loose.