10 years later

I could choose to go about my day like any other, but I won't

I could choose not to watch because it makes me sad, but I watch

I could choose to hide the devastation from my kids, but I teach them about the heroes that were made that day

I could choose to ignore how lucky Ronnie and I were to have moved to Maryland just weeks before 9/11/01 after living less than a block from the WTC, but I will feel blessed

I could choose not to count the times I caught the subway under the WTC, but it was daily

I could choose to ignore how scared I was sitting in my apt. in MD watching planes and buildings crash down in cities all around me, but I will acknowledge the fear and power of that day

I could choose not to realize that there are thousands of kids who were not alive 10 years ago but I realize that those kids are living without 2 parents or in military families because of that day

I could choose to forget the many lives lost, changed, spared, and affected 10 years ago, but I will remember

the building on the far right is where we lived that summer