I pledge allegiance

As we come upon the 9/11 annversary I am reminded how proud I am of my boyfriend Dan. He has been a Volunteer Firefighter for YEARS. He was Chief for a long time. After 9/11 he waited a few days, and when he saw how bad it was, he went to New York on his own dime, and stayed for 10 days with little to no sleep doing recovery work. He will only talk about a little of it. The most he says is "it was bad. Very bad." His own family didnt know he went. He said we was going to be on business out of town because he didn't know what he could do once he got there. He met up with firefighters from all over the country that had the same thought - whatever we can do.

We have no idea of how blessed we are to be alive. To live in a country that is, as our pledge says, indivisible. and even though we disagree, have the RIGHT to disagree. And to know that there are people that will jump in to help our families find some peace.

I think of recent disasters and how people jumped in and helped.

I am humbled.


I Pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic
for which it stands,
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.