At Home with Heather

I was just commenting on Renee's blog and thought I would write my own on the topic.

When everything happened 6 years ago I was a senior in high school. I was in my government class and we turned on the television in the classroom right before the second planes hit. I remember everyone feeling so helpless and confused about what was going on. Later on that day, I was in my journalism class and we were reflecting on how we could write about this in the school newspaper and how we could look at it from a journalist perspective. Actually, the coverage from this event actually inspired me to go to school for journalism. A dream that was lost, due to mission work and deciding I wasn't cutthroat enough for the job.

I remember thinking of all my 18 year old guy friends and how they would be old enough to be drafted now, if the events from the day lead to a war. Which they did.

Now I am married to a man in the military and because of the events on that day he is now being deployed for a year. AND the ironic thing, is that he was deployed on September 11th six years later.

I participated in a moment of silence this morning with the rest of the nation. No matter what our political views on 9/11, the war, and the current situation in Iraq, I do believe we all feel for the lives that were lost that day.