Unity 911

I miss the America of 2001 just a few short days after September 11th. I miss the unified, proud and resolute Americans of that era. There was a groundswell of pride and the display of US flags everywhere, especially on all our homes. There was also a great love for our country in our hearts that was unmistakable. It was of course, in reaction to the horrors of the four planes that were deliberately crashed. Two were used to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City, our greatest city. The third plane was hurled against the Pentagon in our nation's capital and the fourth plane crashed in a field because it’s passengers fought back against their murderers. There were no survivors from the planes and a great loss of life on the ground at the World Trade Center and some inside the Pentagon. 

The United States of today resembles very little that unified America of 2001. Although it looks the same, our country just doesn't feel the same or sound the same and there is a sad feeling of estrangement among us that is unmistakable.  Yet I still believe that American pride and unity lives on inside of us and yearns to show itself again. Don’t give up America! Going forward we have to be better and do better as a nation. I'll be posting some more images from that proud and unified America of 2001 as I locate them. I'll also keep praying for us to come back together again as we were meant to be. Check this song out for some inspiration and my favorite older version of Day by Day.