Hopefully we can get back onto the right path.....

My two oldest kids were in elementary school. My youngest wasn't born yet. We lived in San Antonio at the time. I remember we were up as usual that morning, getting the kids ready for school. They usually watch cartoons while eating breakfast. They turned the TV on and started flipping through channels and I happened to glance up from making lunches to see a picture flash by of one of the WTC towers with massive flames billowing out of the top.

"STOP!" I said, and went to take the remote from the kids. I flipped back to the channel and just watched....stunned. They were talking about how a plane had just hit the tower...a big plane. The kids were a little put out by having their cartoons pre-empted by Mom...but when they looked at my face, they got very still. I remember that stillness....

And while we were watching that footage...the second plane slammed into the second building. It was the most horrifying thing I have ever seen....up 'til that moment.

I stayed glued to the TV and was watching live video when the first tower collapsed. That...and the second tower following it...was even more horrifying.

The Pentagon. The field in Pennsylvania. All of it. So unreal. To this day, I will cry. I can't watch the memorials. My memories are enough. I pray for the families who lost more than I can imagine, and the families of those still suffering to this day from the fall out as they worked so hard to find any life to save.