I remember being not awake enough to fully grasp what I was seeing, what Matt Lauer was talking about on the Today Show as I poured my first cup of coffee.
I remember sinking onto the couch as the reality sunk in.
I remember worrying about friends in New York City on business and feeling utterly despondent over the unfathomable loss.
I remember the next few days under a pristine blue sky, unmarred by contrails.
I remember the strange silence under that sky.
I remember a few days after, walking to the convenience store/deli on the corner not far from work and telling the Middle Eastern owner and his wife how sorry I was that people had come into their business and called them horrible names.
I remember watching as liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats, folks of all stripe and order, came together as Americans. We reached out to each other in charity and fellowship. We gave what we had to give, and sometimes a little more. We helped out. We practiced random acts of kindness. We set aside, for the most part, our petty differences.
Yeah, I remember that.
