Seven years ago this morning life as I knew it changed...I remember it like it was yesterday, I had just gotten out of the shower, I was putting on my uniform ready to go out on a 3 day trip. I turned on the TV, which I hardly ever did at the time, to watch the Today show and watched as they announced a jet had just flown into one of the towers. I stood there unable to breathe, watching...then they showed that second plane and I knew it was no accident...the plane had been banked too perfectly, with no hesitation...I stood in my bedroom in my bra and uniform skirt, my hair dripping wet, stunned. Then the towers started to collapse and I started screaming. I was sobbing and screaming at the TV, and my mind was racing...WTF had just happened and why?
As the day wore on it became clear what had happened and that my whole world had changed. I had lost my job, the only job I had ever really loved and excelled at. I had lost my faith in the idea that good always triumphs over evil. And I had lost that sense of security that we, as Americans, had been able to take for granted. My whole world turned upside down and I hadn't lost a loved one. I can't imagine what life would have been like the last seven years had I lost a parent, sibling, spouse, lover, friend, child...
My world is once again upside down, things are crazy and hectic and I am unsure of the future, but I know I am grateful for everyday, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I know I am lucky to be living in the greatest country in the world, lucky to be healthy and have a healthy child, lucky to have the job I have, and lucky to be surrounded by people I love, who love me back, everyday.
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