Enough will be said about 9/11 today.  But I am going to talk about a day that is just as important, 9/12/2001.  On 9/11 we hid, we cried, we mourned, we watched in abject horror as the world we had come to know ended.  What ever innocence we clung too as Americans ended that day, and as a Nation we felt loss.  The following day however, we came together as no Nation on earth has demonstrated in recordable history.  We affirmed our resolve, we looked in on each other, we were American's.  You looked down ever street, every neighborhood, every business; there in the crisp September air flew an endless sea of American Flags.  It didn't matter if you were black or white, it didn't matter if you were a Republican or Democrat, race, color, creed all left us, we were American's.  Candle light vigils were held, we mourned to loss of American's, not for any other reason than they were American's.  We came together, we held each other, we expressed love for one another.  We said we would remember, we said we would never forget...

It has been 18 years since that dreadful morning, and where are we.  We are divided as a Nation, we have formed and filed into the boxes that we are told to stand in, we are separated by the color of our skin, who we vote for, and who we love.  Never has a house been so divided.  Never has animosity for fellow Americans grown so bitter.  You said you would never forget...

Most have not forgotten those buildings falling, most have not forgotten the lives that were forfeited that day.  We have not forgotten feelings of hatred, of separation, but we have forgotten who we are.  The brave men of Flight 93, lead by Todd Beamer, the one's whose last words were, "Let's Roll" did not die because they were afraid, they died to save lives, American lives.  Brave men have for the last 18 years followed those brave words to their deaths, brave men like Pat Tillman who gave up a life of riches and stardom, who made the ultimate sacrifice.  Not because they hated immigration, or muslims, but because they believed in a Nation they loved, and gave their lives for.  For an America that their families could live in.  What would they think today.  They were promised you would never forget...

We promised.  But we have forgotten the most important thing of all, not the tragedy of 9/11, but the brotherhood, the love and support of 9/12. We need to remember what brought us together.  We need to remember why we put away our hate, why we put away our differences.  We need to remember that on 9/12 we were a Nation that needed healing, and recognized that this could only happen with love.  We have punished the men responsible for the attacks.  We have killed them, and their families, and their countrymen, and, oddly enough, we have not healed as a result of it.  Weird, killing didn't help us feel better?  We have sons of men who fought, and who have died in this war, being sent off to fight in the war of their fathers.  We have for the first time in history, a multi generational war, we hate muslims, we hate Iraqis, we hate Afghani's, but this will never bring us peace.  We can kill and hate until there is no more to be killed, and no one left to hate, and believe it or not, we will not find peace this way.  We need to remember 9/12.  We need to remember why we hugged our families that day, why we hugged our neighbor that day, we need to remember why we hugged our coworkers that day.  We never asked them where they were from, or who they voted for, or who they loved, we loved them because they were Americans.   

We will never find peace through hatred, we will never find peace through division, we will never find peace by judging each other.  We will find peace when we stand together again, a Nation undivided.  Don't wait until 9/12 this time, today, call your friend or family member you are bickering with, write your friend that you fight with on FB, tell them how much you care.  Tell them, you remember....

Please Take Care,

Please Stay Vigilant,

God Bless this Nation and it’s President, President Donald Trump

With God on our Side, Long live the Republic.

Haynes and Sons Guns