We Remember

Seven years ago today our country suffered a huge loss of our friends, family members and co-workers. The heart of our nation was broken. The compassion, hard work and charity that followed was tremendous. We were truly united children of God. Not even a decade has passed and the hatred and carelessness among us is just as great as it was before that sorrowful day.


As I continue to age, the fragility of life becomes more clear. We don't know when we will be called to eternity; there is no guarantee. Imagine how many regrets so many of the families of the victims of that fateful day must have -- if only I said or did... The fact is that we cannot turn back the hands of time, but there is still time to make up for past regrets. Among the tears, pray for their souls! It's the best gift you could ever give them. Even if they are already in heaven, your prayer will not be wasted for it will be applied to another soul in need.


We all remember where we were that morning when we saw the planes crash into the Twin Towers, watching them collapse with numbness going through our bodies. The heartache we felt when we saw those who out of desparation jumped to their deaths was unbearable. Don't forget where your heart was in those moments. Bless those who curse you, love those that hate you and remember these words: Despise the sin, but love the sinner. Please don't get me wrong, when I say love the sinner, I mean to pray for them to have a change of heart. We are to work together unto good! This goal is unattainable if even we Christians cannot get along.


On this seventh anniversary, let us remember in prayer the souls that left this earth as well as those they left behind. We remember our own families and friends who have gone before us. We renew our vow to be kind to all those we meet and to live our life in gratitude to our Lord who placed each of us exactly where we were meant to be on that eleventh day of September, 2001.