We Will Never Forget

Can it really be 13 years?

It seems like yesterday to me...I was having coffee with a friend...my phone rang three times. I looked at it finally and saw it was a call from each of my three sons. I called my middle son back first since he was the first call---all he said was that something horrible had happened---he described it briefly, but told me I should get right over to my mom's home as he knew she would be upset. At that point I could not even begin to imagine the enormity of what was ahead for our country that day, and the days to follow. Who could have ever imagined such a horrific event?

 

Today I can still feel that same anguish. The sadness still brings tears to my eyes. The emotion is still fresh in my heart and soul. I cannot even begin to understand how friends and family members of those who lost their lives that day must feel...All I can say is, we will never forget. This country should never forget. Our children and our children's children need to learn and know and believe that this is a great country!  God bless the brave men and women who serve...our soldiers, our first responders. 

 

Please join us in spending a quiet moment today, remembering the souls who lost their lives, sending prayers to each of their loved ones, and lifting up our voices to promise, WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

 

Thank you, and God bless America.

 

The Naples Real Estate Blogger

 

 

 

Never Forget

NEVER FORGET

I just so happen to be in New York. It's my hometown. Born in the city, returning every few years to visit friends and family, I will never grow tired of seeing the skyline come into view whether arriving by plane, by boat or by car. I will never forget the first time I arrived post 9/11 and the immense sadness I felt by the void created on that fateful day. I had only been to New York a month before the atrocity against our nation. Having been to the top of The World Trade Center only once before, with my father, just month's after its completion; I wanted to experience the view from the top of the world again...I didn't get there. I do have photos from that trip, taken from the Staten Island ferry...one in particular that I framed. It sits on my desk...a day does not go by that I don't say a silent prayer for all the souls that were affected by that tragedy.

~I remember when I was a little girl. Every year on December 7th my dad would share stories with me about the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was a day in history that he would never forget. It was important for him to tell me about that day. His stories instilled deep within me a passionate love for my country. Today, December 7th comes and goes with very little fanfare. The "old timers" still remember that day vividly, but they are leaving this world, and many of our young people don't know much more about Pearl Harbor than a paragraph in their history books...Will time erase the horror we felt as a nation 11 years ago? Is it inevitable? I hope not. WE MUST NEVER FORGET. 

~How can we ever forget how our country pulled together and did whatever was necessary to protect ourselves and each other? The unity was unprecedented. We experienced a love for our country that possibly no other generation of Americans had ever embodied. My observation remains the same today, as had my father's when he remembered the bombing of Pearl Harbor; I am certain that the strength and innate goodness of our nation's great people will always overcome any adversity. 

~Today, I remember those who lost their lives. My prayers go out to the family and friends who continue today to endure the pain of their loss. I honor all the brave men and woman who walked into the unknown, and put their lives before the lives of others.

By the way, when I drove into New York City the other day, I was filled with an indescribable emotion...The "new" World Trade Center dominates the skyline...it is a symbol of the greatness of our nation...it is a monument to the hundreds of thousands of heroes who were born on September 11th, 2001. We will never forget.

Thank you, and God Bless America,

The Naples Real Estate Blogger