[9.11.2001]

It's hard to imagine as an 8th grader how the horrors I was watching on tv was going to change my life. It was the first act of evil I had experienced. Being so young, I could not wrap my mind around how this act that put so many other plans into play...
I was in 2nd period when the first plane hit. My teacher turned on the news and we watched with great concern for what was happening. As I settled into 3rd period I watched in terror as I saw the plane collide with the second tower. Screams and gasps filled the halls of my junior high and I watched as they adults faces took on a mask of terror.
Then the first tower fell....then the second, filling the air with dust and copy paper. I remember seeing men in suits covered in white dust running and weeping. I remember being so confused.
At home we watched the news. I remember hearing President Bush address the nation. Hearing grief in his voice and seeing stress in his eyes. Goosebumps covered my entire body as I realized something even bigger would follow.
While I was an 8th grader confused and covered in goosebumps, a fresh out of boot camp senior was realizing his decision to join the Army has taken on a new look. He heard the news while eating lunch. That senior was my husband. That day changed his army experience from drills and light duty to life in combat and a year in Iraq. That day changed the direction his life took, the career he would choose, and his relationship with Christ. In turn it molded him into the man i'm in love with today.
It's hard to believe it's been 11 years. With so many questions unanswered about why, God is the same yesterday , today and forever. In him we find our peace and lose our fear!