Where were you?

september 11th.

9-11.

all of a sudden this isn't just another day, is it?

but can you believe it's been 7 years? 7 years since i initially thought, "what idiot didn't see the tower and accidentally hit it in a plane?" and then thought, "oh my gosh. it's deliberate. we're under attack!"

it was mine and tommy's 1 month wedding anniversary. we told each other bye and said we'd go eat somewhere that night.....

i was working for a dentist in richland at the time. we had a t.v. in every operatory. and we watched. in horror. not believing what we were watching.

my boss at the time had been in the army. he cancelled the rest of the day - said that he felt like he had been hit in the stomach and just wanted us to all go home and be with family. it was 10:00.

tommy was sent home before me. his bank had offices in virginia not all that far from the pentagon. they shut everything down and sent everyone home.

our church opened the doors for prayer. instead of meeting up after work and going to dinner, tommy and i headed to the same sanctuary where, almost to the hour 1 month earlier, we said our vows. now we were praying for our country, praying for the lives lost and those left behind.

afterwards, we went to our house and just sat watching t.v. the rest of the afternoon - so full of questions!

i've read the book "let's roll!" written by the widow of a man who was on the plane that went down in pennsylvania. reading it as a newlywed, it put a lot of things in perspective.

so today, i will remember. and pray again. and somewhat try to keep those images of 9-11 in my mind so that i don't forget that we are vulnerable to attack, too.