Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning?

I'm sure this song or even this question has gone through everyone's mind sometime today.I felt myself reflecting on the past 5 years this morning. This day for me and "our generation" is our grandparents experiencing Pearl Harbor and our parents experiencing Kennedy's assination.

I remember hearing about the first plane hitting Tower 1 and the inital thoughts that were expressed by the radio personalities. At that time, we thought it was a small plane and the comment was made "Hello, did they NOT see it?" By the time that I arrived at work (school), we had learned that the second plane had hit. By the time that the kids arrived, they knew more than us and they were telling what they saw on the news. It was a hard day for teachers, because we had to put on our "brave faces" for the students even though we were just as scared as they were.

I saw and heard alot of mixed emotions about today. Some people thought that the media over-played this and we were just reliving it again. That we should not focus on it so much. I'm sure that there were some people who also felt that we could do more.

I ended up going to church tonight where we had a nice simple service to remember that horrible day as well as pray for our future. It was a small group of people, but it was nice nonetheless. I prayed for the firefighters, police officers and for everyone who perished in this horrible day. I prayed for the safety of our troops in hopes that they will all make it home safely and SOON! I hope that those who were most affected by 9/11 were able to get through the day today and that they had family and friends around them to support them.