I need to post some pictures but today I just want to say how thankful I am for everything. I was listening to (and crying) the radio this morning after I dropped Dave off and they were playing clips of 9-11. I remember where I was. I got up that morning and got in my car to go pick up Dave and take him to work. I turned on the radio and heard them saying something about towers going down. And, I couldn't figure out what they were talking about...airport tower in Salt Lake? I called Dave (and he was barely awake and had the TV on) and asked him what was going on. We talked the whole time I was driving to his house. He told me it was the World Trade Center towers. Then on the radio I hear them say an airplane just crashed into the Pentagon. When I got to Dave's we just sat together and watched TV...over and over they showed the towers going down and that plane that crashed into the 2nd one. And the screams and the running and the dust and the debris. I think I may have called Diana, too. Then we heard about the plane that went down in Pennsylvania. And now we know they were all connected. What a sad day. I heard this morning that nearly 10,000 children lost a parent that day. It's heartbreaking. And, it doesn't matter how much time passes or how much you believe in an afterlife, losing someone to death still hurts everyday of your life. And you still miss them terribly. It's not something you can just forget about it and get over. It's always going to be a part of your life. I guess I want to say that I am thankful for my beliefs in God and Jesus and an afterlife. I am thankful that families are eternal.
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Nels called me at 7 that morning to tell me we were under attack. I watched it all day, holding Morgan close. We had found out two days before that I was pregnant with Malynn. All I could think about was that scripture from Isaiah that says something about it being terrible time for women heavily laden with child. So many things happen. I love the latest VTing message. We go to church, read our scriptures, say our prayers, go to the temple, etc. so that when (not if) trials come, we can better handle them. You are right. To view the world without the knowledge of the gospel and the plan of happiness would be like being trapped in a cave without very much light. Bleak.
Nicky, you know better than most of us what it is like to lose a parent. I am sure your mom is watching over you just like all the fallen parents from 9/11.
Love you,
Jen
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