Remembering 9/11 - 10 years later...

This post is nearly a month late, but I've had these thoughts in my head since 9/11/11 & wanted to share them.

This year, being the 10 year anniversary, hit me differently and even harder than the years before. Was it because I am older now? Maybe. Or was it because I saw these 10 year old children reading their parent's name at the memorial, whom they have never met? Or maybe it was because this year, 10 years post, there is finally some closure to those who died when the twin towers fell. There is finally a memorial for family and friends to come and see their loved ones name etched in stone. There is a place where the world can come and see and pay tribute to those who lost their lives that dreadful day.

There were survivors, present at the memorial, who hadn't visited that site since being rescued. There were families there who were remembering their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children, etc who were finally feeling that their loved ones were just being laid to rest now that they had a memorial site. The world was present this year.

My heart was heavy this year, but also grateful. Grateful for some clousure, grateful for my family of 3, grateful for the U.S.A.