I just wanted to take some time to remember that day 7 years ago, a time that it seemed the country came together as one with one cause in mind - healing one another. Now, with all of the economic, political turmoil that we are hearing about daily, I hope that we can do the same, at least one day of the year - call a truce. This is one day in American history that we all have in common. We all hurt on this day and will every September 11th for the rest of our lives. Its the sad truth. What we also need to remember is that almost every day since, we've also been losing soldiers who are fighting against the people that did this to us and then some. So while we don't have the massive casualty loss that we had in that one day, families are losing sons, daughters, fathers, uncles, brothers one by one and suffering all by themselves without anyone really even noticing. If my research is correct, we lost 2,819 people on 9/11/01. We felt it, we heard it we cried about it all together as a nation. But much more quietly, much more slowly we have also lost 4,155 people from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. But the pain is still there. So as you remember all of the heroes of 9/11, please also the remember the heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan that are still fighting to come home and those that never will come home.
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Thanks for your comment on our blog. We are almost half way through my husbands deployment and are excited to see him on leave. How were things for you during your husbands deployment? What did he do there and where was his FOB?Anyway-good to meet people who understand.-Jill (P.S. your daughter is adorable.)
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