I'm sorry if this is a mere recap from year to year.
Today is my mom and my own birthday. On Sept. 11th, 2001, My youngest was 6 mos old, my daughter was 2 1/2 and my oldest just under 5.
I happened to turn on ABC and Peter Jennings was on. That was unusual because it was so early; saw one of the twin towers on fire. I turned the t.v. on PBS so that my little ones could watch something nice and safe. That's all we did that day was watch t.v. and I don't apologize.
I remember watching the second plane crash into the other tower and thought it was a joke. Then news of the Pentagon. Then the towers fell. I remember screaming "No" and my kids got up and wanted to know what was wrong. I shuffled them back to Teletubbies or whatever was on at the time and made them lunch.
My mom was in FL and I couldn't get a hold of her. I tried all day. Became a little frantic. She was in the Keys with my aunties and was safe.
I can't forget that day because it was my birthday. But it changed the way I look at little things like birthdays.
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I remember I couldn't take it all in. I had just received bad news about some cancer tests the day before so the whole two days seemed surreal.
My husband has a difficult birthday too, so my heart goes out to you. His birthday is April 20.
There is a website out there where you can look up amazing things that happened on your birthday and even the day you were born. I bet a search would pull something wonderful up for you.
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