9/11 a personal note

[joeokw]

I don't know if they are carrying the 9/11 ceremonies nationwide.. but our local stations here in New York are at this time. The children of the victims are reading each name of those who perished. This was harder for me last year to see those names being read because of the children reading these names. . This is a hard day for of all of us. We lost 8 people in our parish on that day. 3 NYFD , I NYPD and 4 civilians. and one of our neighbors who lived around the block from us who was also a NYFD member. He left behind a daughter and son and his wife. I see those two kids playing with the neighborhood kids during the warm months and see them through the school bus windows. and I always thank God that they have such a strong mother. It is so heartbreaking to see how his son looks so much like his dad. I hope we will never forget this ... at times I can see we are unfortunately

 

[nativetxn]

Sometimes it is less painful to "not remember" but I will never forget.