7 years ago...

7 years ago today, all of our lives were affected, whether directly or indirectly. the very core of our country was broken and defeated. but what came from this tragedy, what came from this horrible unfathomable tragedy, was a pride in our country. a pride in our flag. brother helped brother, neighbor helped neighbor, strangers held and cried with strangers.

i sit here, 7 years later thinking about how proud i am that i live in this wonderful country. so proud that my brother is standing up for our rights and our freedom on foreign land. i sit here and look out my kitchen window, and smile, because this is what i see. a blue star flag, hanging so all can see that i have a family member in the military during war time, and the American flag flying, so all can see and remember what they are fighting for.

God bless the USA ,God bless the victims and their families, and God bless our military.