National Day of Service and Remembrance

To Rush Limbaugh:  Once in a while it’s OK to agree with President Obama.

While I drove my son to preschool this afternoon I listened to Rush Limbaugh on the radio.  Hey, it’s entertainment!  I expect a lot of silly things on his show and a persistent resistance to anything President Obama says or does but attacking the motive behind a national day of service and remembrance for 9/11? Personally, I think a day of service and remembrance is all-together fitting.

I remember how I felt on 9/11 as I watched the Trade Center Buildings fall.  I never felt so alone and vulnerable in my life.  I’d never seen my country attacked.   But I also remember 9/12 and the days that followed.  People came together and I knew that whatever happened, I wouldn’t be alone.  That’s the America I know we really are at the root.  Political squabbles or not, when it comes right down to it, we’ll stand with each other.  On the evening of 9/11 political divides seemed petty. Social and economic divides were  bridged.  I still remember that feeling like it was yesterday.

Instead of another meaningless holiday or day off from work, the best way to remember and honor those who died on 9/11 is to remember who we were on 9/12.

http://911dayofservice.org/

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