Lest We Ever Forget

On Friday after work I went over to Tempe Beach Park to see the Healing Fields. The Healing Fields is a memorial for the victims of 9/11. There is a flag for each victim of that terrible terrorist attack, over 3,000 of them. It was a humbling sight to see that many flags and to understand what each one meant. Each flag had a name of one of the victims on it and the ones for the children had stuffed animals attached. Some had notes from family taped to the poles and others had flowers next to them. There was also a Unity Flag which is three stories high and contains the flags of all fifty states and the names of all of the victims of 9/11. It was amazing to see how our country came together after that tragic event. As I walked among all of those American flags I was reminded of how blessed and privileged we are to live in this great country. We must never forget.