September 11

September 11 needs no distraction from me. I watched MSNBC this morning as it ran its newsreel of the event synced in real time. A friend of mine said “isn’t it a little macabre for them to be doing that?” and I said, “don’t you remember? 9-11-2001 never forget?” I think it was entirely appropriate to relive 9-11 because it helped us keep the promise; my husband and I ruminated on how that fateful morning unfolded for us 7 years ago. He was fortunate to work from home today relieving him of his usual 4 hr commute into Manhattan, a commute that he had made that day 7 years ago that turned into a 12 hr journey home. Today’s broadcast brought back the emotion of every minute.

For us, the most deeply rooted sentiment was that this day was business as usual, people going to work like we did everyday, ordinary people who work in office buildings, checking their email and reviewing their tasks for the day, abiding by the strict work ethic...that could have been us. At the time we both worked for a company that had clients in the building, on any given day he could have been there, but that day the only people who survived were the people who didn’t get to work on time, just that one day.