I Will Remember You, But will they..........

As I sit here and reflect on 9/11/09, eight years after, all I can do is remember the heartbreak and chaos. I remember going to the bathroom during class and seeing my teachers watching the news and trying to figure out, the old age question, "what's Going On?". I can remember my principal making an announcement after I returned, and my mother panicking, and coming to get me from school because I was close to the Peace Bridge that leads to Canada. Americans were in panic and thought the entire country would soon be under attack, but little did we know we are. I myself could even understand the impact it was going to have on our country or all the lives that it would take and has not yet taken.

How can we forget thee importance of this day and go on with our lives as though it doesn't matter? I myself know that i am consumed with my life and need to sometimes take a step back to think about others and how my overwhelming ideas about me being number one is idiotic and lacks the potential for me to grow as an individual. Before I get too sidetracked, like most of us do let me revert back to the focus of today's blog, 911 and its the symbolic action and most importantly the reason to remember.

Eight years ago the country was in a uproar. They didn't know who to blame and they didn't know who to claim. But one thing that arose from 911, are the racial and cultural injustices' that those of the Muslim community now have to suffer with. One thing we need to learn from this is that we are not as safe as we think. there is always some way around things and if people want to find a way they can and they will. We must remember this day for all those who lost someone and are now serving a life sentence, similar to the one that my Spelman sister's mother is. A life taken too soon but at his will. We cannot argue with God, but instead ask him to lead us to understanding. For the will of the Lord is the final choice.