Digital Father Podcast

A fitting tribute to 9/11 victims and heroes

At 2,996, you can read tributes written by 3,412 bloggers to those who fell on 9/11. I am not among the bloggers, but I am glad to see that local Stacey S. McGowan will be honored by Mandi at Holdin’ Down the Fort, and that Welles R. Crowther is being remembered by Smooth at Smooth Stone. If you knew someone who perished, the list of all the blogs and their subjects can be found here. If you didn’t, stop by and read a few anyway. To quote Abraham Lincoln:

[W]e can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men [and women], living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.- Lincoln’s Address at Gettysburg (November 19,1863)

Son and I lowered the flag outside the house today. He had not even remembered what the date was. I am torn between the idea that children should not have to grieve so young, and that we must never forget the potential darkness of the human heart. What I should have remembered is what keeps me going- the incredible light of the human spirit and the heroism we see each day from average folks.

We’ll have a talk tonight. There is so much to say.

God Bless you all on this difficult day.