God Bless the USA

There are not enough words to express all the emotions swirling on this, the 10^th Anniversary of 9/11.

I had dropped my kids off at school and was on my way to work when I heard that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.  I turned the radio up and listened with disbelief as more information became available.  I don’t think I accomplished anything at work that day – I know I spent most of that day, and the days that followed, glued to the internet for whatever information I could find. 

My heart goes out to all of those who were personally touched by this tragedy.  Songs like Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning (Alan Jackson), American Soldier and Angry American (Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue) (Toby Keith) say what so many of us struggle to put into words. 

But Lee Greenwood says it best in his song God Bless the USA:

And I'm proud to be an American

where at least I know I'm free,

And I won't forget the men who died

who gave that right to me,

And I gladly stand up next to you

and defend her still today,

'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

Amen.