Where I was...

I remember driving to school on that terrible day when planes crashed, buildings burned and people lost lives.

September 11th, 2001.

I don't remember much about that day other than sitting in Yearbook with a few of my fellow students and the Army recruiter that was supposed to recruit students...and just talked (I asked questions, he answered them) about the politics of what had just happened.  I remember feeling stunned, somewhat numb, and very naive.  Politics is NOT my strong point...I felt unprepared to understand what had really happened.

This morning while perusing the blogs I follow, I read somewhere that Osama Bin Laden had been killed.  At first I thought it was a joke.  I left the computer to make roller-uppers and start some wash.  I went about my 'motherly duties' of getting children ready, pointing to where shoes were and instructing little boys to get them on.  Then I hopped back onto the computer to make sure I knew what library books I was getting, and read the news.

It wasn't a joke.  And I'm still just as naive about politics...But the 'death of a terrorist' story is true...

I have so many interesting emotions.  I've read different articles from the AP, our local news, CNN, etc, and so far, the DNA is matching, the dead person is recognizable as Bin Laden, but seriously...he's evaded us for this long...I have to wonder if it really WAS him that was killed.

Ehhh...this is kindof getting morbid to write about.

I just wanted to write and jot down "Where I was" on such a significant day...

Home with my babies...loving them...snuggling them...waking up with them.

So grateful that I'm at home with my three precious boys.
So grateful that my husband has two jobs (we could have no jobs).
So grateful for the gospel in my life.  For my testimony, the blessings of the temple, and the priesthood.
So grateful I'm surrounded by family and dear friends.
So grateful I have food to eat, clothes to wear, a toilet that works, and all my teeth.
So grateful for modern technology.
So grateful for modern medicine.
So grateful for So. Much. More than I can possible write at this moment.

So where were you when you 'heard the news'?  Twittering?  changing diapers?  driving to work or to pick up groceries???

I'm pretty confident had I not been on the computer, I'd have been clueless all day...if not for a few days.

I'm so grateful for the little bubble I live in.