Commemorating Ten Years Passed

It's been a busy day here on the Valdez homestead.  Or, it was a busy day 35 minutes ago as we are now officially on 9/11/11 turf: the 10-Year Anniversary of a day in the life of these United States of America that I'm certain all of us can recall with clarity enough to cover where we were when we heard the news and what feelings the horror evoked within.

I had just walked into my kitchen in Broomfield, Colorado for the morning and turned on "The Today Show" to check in with Matt Lauer and Katie Couric.  We had company, our cousin and his wife, and they would need coffee before their drive back up to Wyoming.  I remember that once the reality of what I was witnessing sunk in, my immediate thoughts were, "Well, we are now joined by blood with a significant portion of the rest of the world that we see in the news who suffer the blows and arrows of terrorism on home soil."  While I grappled with my own worries about what cities might be yet targeted, it was impossible for me to wrap my mind around the fact that these types of murderous, ideological, hideous acts occurred with daily regularity for so many in other countries.

But this is not what I sat down to cover.  Doubtless, you can see and hear as much or as little about 9/11 as you want just by switching your television or radio either on or off.  I'll leave that up to you.  My prayers include those loved ones left behind who yet struggle both with their loss and the means by which that loss barged into their collective consciousness.  I'm a bit saddened to note how very divided our country is right now when I consider the sense of citizen closeness America experienced within its borders for roughly two years after Bin Laden's attack on our home soil.

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Somehow, my original topics for this entry don't seem appropriate to include here.  I'll leave you to your own musings about our country and the decade we've had post 9/11.  Would you do me a favor and leave your comments in the form of your personal recollections of that day?  Or about a significant change you may have made in your life because of it?  I'm quite interested to know what my readers have to say on this.  I've heard plenty on NPR and NBC.  Let's hear from you . . .