This past week in my classroom, we spent remembering those on September 11th. With each year, my students get younger and younger (and don't really remember where they were, this year they were between the ages of 3 & 4) and it really got me thinking about the children of 9/11/01, those that were left without a parent after that tragic day.
I ran across an issue of People and I thought about them even more when they interviewed parents and the children born to heroes that year, after it happened. The kids never were able to meet their fathers, but in the article it talks about how they know them and how they are doing today, at 9 and 10 years old. When I was finished reading, I had a big knot in my throat.
Then, this morning, as I was on my way home from my normal Sunday grocery shopping trip, this song came on and I cried my eyes out.
My heart breaks for anyone that lost a loved one that day.
For the heroes, thank you.
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I also saw that people magazine article, read it and cried. Those porridge kids. So touching. All I could think about where the mothers in either pregnant or postpartum state having to deal with such a loss, and taking care of the kids all on their own, they are heroes!
Xoxo
I, too, was actually at school (MCC) when it all went down. It was such a sad day, and even though all the students could have gone home since the teachers didn't proceed with class- we still stayed together just watching the t.v. in disbelief. It was almost like we felt more comforted there than going home, especially since most of us didn't have family in state.
Good post, though- always important to express our gratitude for the heroes of that infamous day.
I enjoyed reading yoour post
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