I really wasn’t planning on writing a blog on September 11th this year, but I’m currently watching the New York Subway series (The Yankees vs The Mets) and it’s making me more nostalgic than ever, for a place I once called home for most of my life.

I remember that day clearly, as if it were yesterday. There was a beautiful clear sky one that you could see forever in. I had just dropped my children off at school and on the way home I was so full of hope for the future, I was filled with this overwhelming feeling of happiness and direction.

It was an indescribable feeling actually and I don’t think I’m choosing the right words. It is not something I feel often and with good reason.

When I got home I turned on the TV and that’s when the events began to unfold. I watched as the second plane hit, I watched the Towers fall, I watched 2,977 lose their lives that day. That day I lost hope for humanity…that day I lost hope for myself.

I raced back to my children’s school and just held them. What safer place for them than in my arms? I think that may have been the day I became smothery. I knew the world was an evil place but the terrorist attacks were beyond comprehension. It was something that happened on the other side of the world.

I knew someone that died in the WTC, a childhood acquaintance. She left behind a husband and two children. I wondered about the night before and the morning of, on her way out to work. Did everyone get to say their “I love you’s” or was it a crazy morning as anyone with a family knows it could be and it got overlooked.

I hope they did, I hope they got to share a beautiful morning full of love, hugs and kisses. Enough to last a lifetime.

You never really do know when will be the last time you will see someone. Cherish every moment you have with your loved ones. Say I love you often (even if you are mad). Don’t allow pettiness to steal what could be your last moments.

September 11th brought out the absolute best in everyone. For awhile, everyone was more understanding and compassionate and full of love for their neighbor. That’s how it is sometimes, it takes a tragedy to realize the importance of being kind and love one another.

Time waits for absolutely no one and before you know it, it has run out.