Remember When……………….

9/11/2007

I wrote this last year…………..

My first thought this morning was………..todays youth will never know September 11th as just another day.

Remember when…………..around the 11th meant school just started a week or two before……..and it was still hot outside…………..so when you came home from school you threw your shorts on and went out to play/went to the beach/did normal summer type stuff…………..

Remember when…………….around the 11th meant the school buses were back out and you had to watch out for little munchkins running across the street again………………

I spent the day at work, it was just another day………….talked a little about 9/11, read a few things………………..then came home and read my sisters blog………………….and its funny how when its so in your face and obvious you don’t react……….but when its sweet and subtle and just a "lil bit" you react so much stronger………………I KNOW I am not the only one that feels this way……………….

We have not forgotten…………………………….

Here it is a year after I wrote that, six years after………………..

We still have not forgotten, and we never will…………….

Where were you when the world stopped
turning on that September day?
Were you in the yard with your wife and children?
Or working on some stage in LA?
Did you stand there in shock at the sight of
That black smoke rising against that blue sky?
Did you shout out in anger
In fear for your neighbor?
Or did you just sit down and cry?

Did you weep for the children
Who lost their dear loved ones
And pray for the ones who don’t know?
Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble
And sob for the ones left below?

Did you burst out with pride
For the red white and blue
And the heroes who died just doing what they do?
Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answer
And look at yourself and what really matters

I’m just a singer of simple songs
I’m not a real political man
I watch CNN but I’m not sure I can tell you
The difference in Iraq and Iran
But I know Jesus and I talk to God
And I remember this from when I was young
Faith, Hope and Love are some good things He gave us
And the greatest is Love

Where were you when the world stopped
turning on that September day?
Teaching a class full of innocent children?
Or driving down some cold interstate?
Did you feel guilty cause you’re a survivor?
In a crowded room did you feel alone?
Did you call up your mother and tell her you loved her?
Did you dust off that Bible at home?
Did you open your eyes, hope it never happened?
Close your eyes and not go to sleep?
Did you notice the sunset the first time in ages?
Speak with some stranger on the street?
Did you lay down at night and think of tomorrow?
Go out and buy you a gun?
Did you turn off that violent home movie you’re watching
And turn on "I Love Lucy" reruns?
Did you go to a church and hold hands with some strangers?
Stand in line and give your own blood?
Did you just stay home and cling tight to your family?
Thank God you had somebody to love

And the greatest is Love

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?