Wordless Wednesday

We will never forget!

xo Annette xo

The Drought Up Close

Dear Friends,
When we drove to Denver, we went through some of the states that were suffering from the drought that we heard and read about all summer.  It was devastating to see hundreds of miles of brown dried up farmland and cornfields, and dried up streams and creeks from Indiana through Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, and then through Oklahoma on the way home.  In Oklahoma, we came upon the remains of wild fires.  It was just heartbreaking.

The wind turbines were so incredible.  I've only seen them in pictures and on TV and they were just massive and so fascinating.

One thing I learned, is that what you see on the news, no matter how awful it is or how bad it makes you feel, just isn't the same as seeing it in person.

Speaking of that, I will take a moment today to remember 9/11 and those who experienced it firsthand.  I hope you do too, lest we forget.

xo Annette xo

The Generation That Saddens Me

The majority of the blog posts I read on Sunday, September 11, were about the terrorist attacks.  Some of them told of where they were and how they heard the news.  Others were about how life has changed since then.  And then there was one from a young adult, probably in the 17-19 year old range, that grabbed my attention like no other.

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On that day, she was old enough to realize something bad had happened but not old enough to understand the impact.  As a result, she had mixed feelings about the the incident and events that have happened in the last ten years. To her, this was just something else to read about in the history books.  It wasn't personal to her and she wrote of things she can't possibly understand. 

At first, I was shocked at her attitude.  She came across as flippant and disrespectful and that made me angry.  However, the more I thought about it, the more I realized she is part of the first generation that doesn't know what life was like before 9-11.  Her generation and generations to come will see that tragic day as just another day in history.  Their 'normal' is certainly not what our normal was.  

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This was a real eye opener for me!  My anger melted away and I was left with a sadness for the generations to come.  Generations that won't know what it was like to live without the threat of terrorism, without Homeland Security, without security at every event, airport, public, and government building.  It was just something I had not thought about before.  And it makes me sad.

To celebrate National Sewing Month, I'm ending each post with a sewing tip.  Here is today's tip from Maureen at Maureen Cracknell Handmade:   just give it a shot if it's something you've always wanted to do --it will change your life!