Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I am drawn annually to the column Leonard Pitts wrote in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. A Pulitzer Prize winning author, Pitts wrote eloquently on a day that rendered nearly everyone else speechless. I used his piece for years in my high school journalism classes as an example of excellence under pressure. I'll link [...]
Twenty-five year ago today, our daughter Katherine sang the National Anthem at the Packer home opener. As she stood there alone on that iconic field, pig-tailed and nearly tripping inside her grandpa's giant jersey, we worried the experience might traumatize her, that she might forget the words or freeze in terror when she eyed the [...]
The Eagle Rock Reservation hilltop is a two-way mirror. It offers a sobering look back at all this nation lost on 9/11, life affirming proof of human resiliency and the opportunity for internal reflection. It's a spectacular view. We stood there Sunday afternoon and felt just a hint of what the residents of New Jersey [...]
I don’t believe this country will ever forget the events of 9/11, the images of falling buildings and crashing airplanes, and the awful reality of watching nearly 3,000 human beings die in real time. The question, especially during this particularly challenging year, is whether we will remember its lessons. If you put a slash between [...]
Where were you on September 11, 2001? I was dropping my youngest daughter off for her first real day of pre-school. We listened to Murphy and Maino, a local morning show, on the radio as we drove to school, her buckled into her car seat way in the backseat of our giant conversion van, and [...]