11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
12 And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
I though it was somewhat fitting that there was a beautiful & subdued rainbow which I was lucky enough to see today, I hope others saw similar signs which spoke to them. It reminded me as I was grumbling about a little rain, how fortunate we are, & that even in our darkest of hours, there is still someone/something watching over us.
As I was driving & listening to the radio, the simplest mentions of September the 11Th would come on & I found myself at the verge of tears: upon that cliff where there is a giant knot in your throat pushing you into a pit of tears should you attempt to speak. The aspect of this which I found astounding, is that there are dozens of natural disasters, bombings, revolts, civil wars, peace crimes, etc which one could feel dismay over; yet, none of them touch me quite the way this does. It pushed me to ponder if as a country, we have a collective sense of sorrow over this day, on this day. It was as though pain & heartache was floating within the very air I was breathing.
There is undoubtedly a collective Memory which several generations of American's will share & pass on. Beyond anything else, I think the greatest respect we can pay is to Remember every man & women who lost their life that day, Remember every child left without a parent due to that day, Remember every man, woman, & child whose life has been changed because of that day in the greatest or smallest of ways, Remember to be grateful for all we do have.
