Day of Love

Everyone knows the date today. Some calendar companies refer to it as Patriot Day. An appropriate name. No matter how we refer to it, we’ll always remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the news.

September 11th was an emotional day. It was an emotional day for me for the obvious reasons and also for some lesser known personal reasons. It was also a defining day. The day started with an act of hatred and fear but in the end it brought out the true colors of ourselves, our neighbors, and strangers near and far. Much to the surprise of the terrorists it brought out the best of humanity.

With only the unknown ahead of them, the passengers on the airplanes and the people in the World Trade Center sent out their final messages. They were messages of love not hate. That’s why on this day more than any other day in the year I take the time to let the people in my life know how much I love them.