How did you treat 9/11/04 ?

[Mad4Mickey]

Did you treat it like any other day? Did you do something special to remember 9/11 and those who were lost ?

When I woke up I thanked God that my husband was not on duty at all and would be with me at home that night . Then I cried as I have cried every 9/11 since 9/11/01 . I lost my cousin in the towers . He was off duty but went back to help . As a person who is part of the firefighter community I morn for all that were lost lost . As Josephs cousin I morn for his wife and 3 kids and for our entire family .

May we never forget and always remember ....

 

[Beauty]

I would definatly say I didn't treat it like any other day. I did do my normal Saturday activities, grocery shopping etc. I even went to a softball game at my son's school.

I did, however say a prayer blessing everyone involved and their families.

 

[DarrenSt]

Same as any other Saturday the wife took the kids to the fair which is what she does every year at this time and I went and bought myself a new bicycle. Then I watched the Canada Czech's hockey game in the evening mind you I did see Team Canada all wearing 9/11 crests on their jerseys.

 

[kapica3]

We had a cook out as it was my daughter's 13th birthday.

Its so hard to celebrate her day since the tragedy. This is the first time I put into words my feelings but September 11th used to be the happiest day of my whole life and now as we celebrate, I secretly celebrate with a heavy heart and feel guilty knowing all of the people mourning for folks they lost.

For my daughter's sake we just go ahead with her birthday as if it was "just" her birthday trying to keep her away from the tv and the memorial services yet I see a sadness in her that her birthday will always be associated with the tragedy.

This year after the cookout we went out to a movie, and then back to the house for birthday cake. On the ride back from the movie theater, we could see the NY skyline plain as a picture with the memorial light towers going up into the sky. We live so close that during that evening while having birthday cake in the backyard amongst the birthday decorations and ballons, we could look up in the sky and see the light towers from our yard. So sad.

 

[darlene9947]

I know how you feel, kapica3. My youngest daughter turned 21 that day. As you can imagine, she was looking forward to buying her first legal (!) alcoholic drink. Needless to say, no one celebrated that night. We did go out to eat, but the mood in the restaurant was somber, also.

She will always have those terrible images in her mind every year.

 

[Beth E. (NJ)]

I tried to keep it normal. It's my younger dd's birthday the day before and it happens to be my brother's birthday too. Since 2001 my brother says he celebrates his birthday a day early. It's easier to be cheerful then.

 

[Hagred]

I treated it the same as any other day. Yard work, paying bills, grocery shopping, spending time with the family. I think the only time the TV was on was when we watched a movie.

 

[Robinrs]

Cried a lot... it's also the anniversary of my Mom's burial.

 

[jscharf]

My husband and I went to my BIL grave.. They finnally find something from the world trade center to bury. My BIL was a marine so he left him some army men and a flower. It was nice to have a place to go finnally. But it was very sad.........

 

[jrydberg]

While I certainly thought about it quite a bit, I figure the best way to remember those who died is to enjoy life. Many people came to the realization that life is short on September 11th, 2001. You never know when your last day is going to come.

I couldn't possibly forget anything about that day in the fall of 2001. I remember every day. And that's precisely why I took my daughter out to get a scoop of vanilla with chocolate sprinkles on it.

 

[KelNottAt]

We did all our usual Saturday stuff: groceries, soccer game, bills, yard work etc...

But I also took time to look back at some of the memorial websites and share them with my kids. Three years ago, my kids were too young to absorb it all (9 & 7), so we limited what they saw. This year, I thought they were ready; and they were (12 & 10). I was proud of how they looked at it, understood it.

We included a little 9/11 prayer in our grace before dinner on Saturday.

Oh, and one last thing. I noticed many many many cars in our area driving around with their head lights on during the day Saturday. It didn't dawn on me until the afternoon that that was probably a memorial act. So I joined in just before dark.

Kelley

 

[LIDisneyFan]

Talked about it a bit with DS. Then we went to the beach. We had a wonderful day, and I kept looking back and thanking God that I escaped and was here to spend this glorious day with him.

 

[DarrenSt]

Kelnot I don't mean to be the bearer of bad news but all cars built after 1990 have daytime running lights so they were probably on because of that but it is a great thought. We honestly hadn't even thought about it in our house it was just another day and just another Saturday. We choose to look foreward not back and be thankfull for what we have and live lfe to the fullest everyday.