9-11

This morning it was hard to watch the family members read the names of their departed 9-11 victim. It brought that period all back for me again and how these people are still very much grieving.

Some many things have happened since then and just about everything we are dealing with right now is directly or indirectly as a result of that day. Its scary to think of the impact of that day.

For me, I know that after 9-11, my brother in law had just be diagnosed with terminal cancer the week before and the way we all were changed by the experience really was my “growing up" period. The events that would happen over the next year changed my life for the better forever.

I felt trapped in a vicious life rut cycle and after the experiences that 9-11 seemed to set in motion, I like many started to become a much kinder and more decent person. I also discovered how short life is and how I wanted to live the rest of my life.

I feel bad it took so much tragedy to make me so different, but I am grateful to the brave people who went thru so much that horrible day as they may or may not know it but they made me a so much better person.