I've been away for a while. But today seemed a fitting day to return. Not because I want to blog about fitness or eating or anything like that. But because I want to talk about a subject that I am so passionate about. And to remember.
So, everyone asks today: Where were you on September 11th. I was at home. My sister called. In near hysteria. We were being attacked...she was sobbing...turn on your tv she cried! So I did. And there were the images. The towers were smoldering. She had just seen the second tower being hit. She was so afraid.....We talked and talked. I calmed her down. It's ok. Be calm. It will be ok. God has not left us, nor has our strong nation. We will respond, we will recover. Then came the attack on the Pentagon. More panic, but perhaps more rational panic. Ok, so we are clearly under attack. Get the word out. Get people back to their homes, keep them safe. We talked about all kinds of options. And then President Bush came on. We were relieved. He's ok and he is on top of this. Thank heavens. And then they grounded all planes..... we finally stopped talking, she was calm. I went off to work. Co workers were stunned...we mostly talked, little work was done that day. We were all in shock. Processing.
But I remember that evening so clearly. Harlan and I watched more news and then at twilight, we went outside and looked up into the darkening night sky. It was strangely silent. We remarked on the silence, on the fact that not a single plane was in the sky over America tonight. We were comforted by that thought. Our world had forever changed and we contemplated that change in silence as the night darkened. Planes had suddenly become instruments of terror. And evil. Lives had been taken. So much death, so much sadness.
Now, ten years later, we look back. We think about this great evil. And we call it evil because it was. Why? Because three thousand innocent people died. They were going to work, going on vacation - simply boarding a plane to take a trip. And they were murdered. Their lives ended. Their potential gone.
That is evil. Evil because human life is precious. Every life is precious.
The plane that went down over Pennsylvania carried a young woman who was pregnant. She and her unborn child are listed among the dead. Her unborn child listed as the victim of murder. Think about that. That child, still in her mother's womb, is listed as a life lost. Gone forever with her mother.
Now,
read this.
I hope we can all see that 9/11 was such an evil act because human lives were destroyed. In an instant. Gone forever. Lives that will never grow up, fall in love, learn a career, change the world, help another human being, marry, bear children, laugh, cry. All gone. In an instant.
Life is precious. Life should never be denied. Never. Life is not a choice. It is a blessing. It is a miracle. It is worth defending. I will never stop defending life. I hope you will join me.
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