7 Years Later

December 7th, 67 years ago, the United States suffered a huge loss. The Japanese bombed our Pacific naval base, Pearl Harbor. As an act of war, it made tactical sense to strike a large military installation.

September 11th, 60 years later, the United States suffered another huge loss. We lost the World Trade Center, military and civilian personnel at the Pentagon, and civilian passengers aboard Flight 93.

Rather than spout political and religious rhetoric about what 9/11 means to me, I would rather just spend a few moments with quiet thought and praise the men and women lost and celebrate their lives than spend those few moments hating what I don’t understand.

Never forget.