What we must never forget...

I spent a lot of time thinking about what to say about the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on American soil. From personal recollections and responses to general reactions in my town, state, nation...to the international response in the ten years since towards Americans. I'm sure any of you who have read any material at all on the moment, the day have read similar thoughts and responses from far more accomplished than I.

I don't have much to add to the broad, over-exploited scope of response to the act itself. My message is simple:

Talk to each other.



As Americans, we are afforded the freedom to express ourselves freely. And if there's one thing that life in general shows us- every day- is that not doing so is to waste a freedom which the world is not universally privileged enough to possess. Every day, the world loses people. In that moment, we lose the opportunity to tell these people the things which we hold in our hearts and in our heads. We lose the opportunity to share memories, to express things like gratitude and love. So why wait? If you have people that you love, tell them that.