Today is a somber day in our country as we remember the lives that were taken in 2001. May we stop to think about them and be compelled to live our own lives as if there is no tomorrow--thankful for each breath, each heart beat, each opportunity we are given in this country we live.
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"When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of faith like planting a garden that helped see us through another spring, another summer. And I inhale some kind of promise to protect my kids' hopes and good intentions we began with in this country. Freedom of speech, the protection of diversity -- these are the most important ingredients of American civil life and my own survival. If I ever took them for granted, I don't know." -Barbara Kingsolver
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