September 11th

Hey Mom,


       Just got home from work and getting ready to go to bed for the night (day). As I was leaving work I noticed the heavy fog and it reminded me of what Ground Zero looked like on TV ten years ago today. Of course you know it’s 9/11 today and there will be a lot of emotional ceremonies around the country for everyone who died and helped in the rescue efforts. I could barely see the road 50 feet in front of me at times as I was driving home and trying not to fall asleep. I have come to realize that these dense patches of fog I passed through are so much like life. Life has been likened unto a road for far longer than we have been around, but I think…I know that life has its patches of dense fog. September 11th, 2001 was a very difficult time for our country as you well know.

       The people that make up this country and those in other countries who felt lost in the fog have made it through and come out on the other side. Just as in life, we go through our own patches of dense fog where it seems no light, regardless of its strength, can shine through, but it is up to us persevere and push through those times and emerge on the other side a little stronger and knowing a little more about who we are and who those around us finding their way through the fog are. How we handle situations we find ourselves in and how we cope with the adversity is what makes us who we are. How we react and take on new challenges is our choice and not a path we are forced to take.

       You know all about adversity and surviving the fog. I’ve seen you do it time and time again. If ever I wonder how I am going to make it through a difficult time in my life all I have to do is look back to what I saw you do and follow your example. I need to get to bed; it’s late for me. I’ll write you later.