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Five minutes before I sat down to write a blog post yesterday, four-and-a-half year old “Emmie” and I stood on the pool deck of our local YMCA, waiting for her swim class to begin.  A dozen or so senior citizens finished their aquatic exercise class and climbed out of the pool, and Emmie and I moved aside to allow one of the men in the class to retrieve his towel and flip-flops. After claiming his belongings, the man stepped in front of us and stopped.  He turned to me.  “Where’s she from?” he asked.  Read more >

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please stop for a moment and remember what happened in our country eight years ago today. I know it’s tempting simply to proceed with our daily lives. We have not been attacked at home since September 11, 2001, and we are all so busy. And unless you make a point to tune into one of the televised memorial services today, you might make it through the entire day without even realizing that anything is amiss.  Read more >