September 11th.....we will forget

I listened to the memorial plans on my way to Isaiah's football game this morning and prayed at 8:46 am when the Radio played the National Anthem in remembrance.  I was also glad to see flags everywhere and thought about that day 9 years ago when my world changed forever.  About 15 minutes later the boys ran out on to the field, faced the flag for the opening Anthem and then there was a moment of silence on the football field.  It was a good moment, and it wasn't, because I thought about the little guys on the field, and the cheerleaders.  September 11th is a historical date to those kids.  They weren't even alive, and they do not have the experience of watching events unfold live on TV.  They didn't cry when the first tower collapsed, and then sit in shock when the second tower fell as well.  They didn't shake off the first reports of the Pentagon being hit as paranoia and the news people overreacting only to find out half an hour later, that yes, the Pentagon was attacked.  They didn't hear jets overhead racing north and go outside look up at the sky and wonder if there were any more planes out there piloted by madmen, only to find out later that yes there was one more.  I am glad they didn't experience it, and I am sad because I know that it will never seem real.  The same way that the bombing of Pearl Harbor doesn't seem real to those of us that weren't there.  I can only imagine that when reports came in about the Japanese attack, that there were many of the same feelings, and I know from historical reports that there was preparation, and even hysteria on the West Coast of our Nation since they didn't know if the Japanese had more planned.   We read about it in history books, we watch movies about it, but we don't feel it.   September 11th will be the same for these children and the children to come.  They might eventually get the day off from school, it might become a federal holiday, a mark on calendars, but nothing but history.  That is the way it should be, but it feels too soon.  Way to soon.