Dave is taking the next two days off (four if you count the weekend) to attend to personal business. I think he and his beagle may be enrolled in some kind of cell-phone aversion therapy program, but I'm just guessing.

Today marks the 13th anniversary of a day that forever changed our nation. I'll never forget my friend calling me early that morning, crying so hard she could barely speak. "Turn on the TV, turn on the TV!"

So, I did and watched in horror with the rest of the world as the second plane slammed into the Tower. My toddler son put his arms around me and kept saying, "Mama no cry. No cry." But I don't think any American who witnessed the events of that terrible day remained dry-eyed.

Do you remember where you were on September 11, 2001?

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