I can’t not acknowledge the importance of this day.  It was 7 years ago today that not only changed the United States, but the world.  We sure feel it here as well.

I can’t pretend to say I even begin the understand the devastation and significance of what happened on September 11th, 2001.  When I think of how many people lost their lives, I actually get dizzy trying to understand it.  Because it’s incomprehensible how many innocent people are gone.

This anniversary is just another day, a marker of the time that has passed, simply labeled 7 years to this day.  But really the effects of that day are felt every day, in almost every daily occurrence.   These effects seem so unimportant compared to the devastation of losing lives, but they are present all the same.  The economy, the sense of shattered security, the uncertainty of the future.  We don’t feel safe anymore, and that is really sad.  Completely understandable, but sad all the same.

As I said, I can’t even begin to understand the devastation of that day, but I do understand the importance of remembering.  A simple thing such as a anniversary helps bring people together and remember.

Rest in peace.