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LEARN HOW TO MAKE OUR TYPE LARGER

	From the editor's desk
	Cyn LoPinto

A year later
Published September/October 2002

Mount Rushmore

With the one year anniversary of the September 11 attacks weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of most Americans, it is no wonder that many of us are feeling somewhat confused. While we are proud that we got through this last year, we still aren't ready to put aside the pain and grief from the events of last September.

We have all been changed forever. In the last year we have invented a new "normal" and have learn how to adapt to living our lives in a heightened state of awareness. For myself, along with brushing my teeth and remembering to turn off the coffee maker, my morning routine now includes checking in with CNN for any important updates. It has become almost ordinary.

Being residents of Florida, my husband and I did the stereotype summer-thing and once again took the kids to Disney World. This time, however, as I sat in the Hall of Presidents Exhibit, I felt an overwhelming sense of calmness. Looking up at the life-like moving figures representing our 43 Presidents, I felt really connected. Americans lived their lives during other troubling times, and while our present situation seems scary and unimaginable, I wondered if our ancestors felt that same way. They must have. I suspect that Americans who lived during the Civil War especially experienced fear and apprehension.

Perhaps this collective and ancestral bravery is part of all of us. If we think about everything our relatives went through and believed in, we only have one choice. That is to get up every day, do our best and keep on going. Our ancestors really deserve no less.

E-mail Cyn LoPinto at editor@homefrontmagazine.com.

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