Rembering....

Well today 10 years ago I watched just like everyone else the world change before my eyes. A lot has happened in the last decade. You can't meet your friends and family at airport gates, you have to take your shoes off when you go through security, you cant carry on your soda, etc. And woe to anyone who wears a head scarf.

And just like everyone else, my personal life changed too. On this day in 2001 I decided that I could not live without X. I needed him in my life. I couldn't bear the thought of not knowing what happened. So a month after he returned from his deployment we were married. Do I regret this decision? No, not one bit. I would not change the last decade for all the tea in China. Yes, there were some crappy things that happened, but those have made me who I am. I am not that scared girl who couldn't do one thing by herself. Now I relish in my "alone". I don't worry too often about what people think. I have learned that I can do so many things on my own. I can cut the grass, I can hang shelves, I can weather a hurricane. I can do a lot. (Ok, I don't like eating out alone, but I can win them all.)

It seems as when the country began to heal and rebuild so did I. I sometimes miss my old life, but not often. I love who I am. I am not scared to begin again.