I’ve been having a lot of changes going on in my life over the last few months, so I’ve been neglecting this blog a lot more than it deserves. It’s a personal shame of mine that I haven’t been keeping up with it like my readers deserve, and I was reflecting on this point the other night when a realization hit me on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary.

There are many families out there today who have been suffering over the last seven years. There are many people who lost the opportunity for any diversion such as the electronic one I’ve poured myself into on this site. They lost the little things in life; they lost the big things. They lost the simple joy of sitting down when you have a few minutes to lose yourself in your passions. It’s a feeling we all know that they no doubt knew but will never experience again. Their loved ones lost the serenity that we can find in a lazy afternoon where we settle in with our friends or family to watch a mindless movie or just bask in good company.

The impact of 9/11 was massive in my life. It spurred my interest in politics to active participation instead of simply slowing down when I passed the cable news networks in my daily channel surfing. I cannot and will not pretend to have any idea of the impact this day had on those who lost someone. All I can say is that it changed my small, individual existence in a very pointed way. I’ve tried to be more caring since I saw what hatred brought on that day. I’ve tried to make sure I shrug off the comparatively microscopic problems I encounter in my day-to-day life, keeping in mind the soldiers we’ve shipped off since then and the blocks and blocks of missing posters that appeared on the nightly news in the following days.

So while I chide myself for not taking full advantage of all that life affords me while I’m still blessed enough to be able to sit behind the keyboard, I wanted to do my small part to reiterate that the lessons of that day are not lost in America’s short memory. I’ve changed my life for the better since that terrible day and those who lost loved ones need to hear that. Even if they’ve found their own strength, and I’m sure they have, I need to say it. They need to know that be it on the national stage or not, there are millions of us out there who learned from this tragedy.

Even if we wish that it never happened, and we all do, something good has come out of it. Millions of Americans have pulled their heads out of the sand. Millions of us now know how truly blessed we are each and every day. It’s a small silver lining on this black day. God bless all those lost and all those who loved them.

Many others around the web are remembering: Michelle Malkin | Jawa Report | Ed HotAir | Allah HotAir | Blackfive | Gateway Pundit | Atlas Shrugs | The Anchoress |

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