Tomorrow is the 14-year anniversary of 9/11. In honor of all those who lost loved ones (my husband’s family included – we love and miss you, Todd Ouida), and in honor of all the brave servicemen and women who have died protecting this country, I would like to share a poem that my friend Julie recently posted.
Julie’s fiance, Sgt. 1st Class Liam Jules Nevins, 32, of Denver, Colo., died Sep. 21, 2013, in Afghanistan. According to Liam’s sergeant and friend, “If you knew Liam for any length of time, there is no doubt he made an impression on you. Good or bad, Liam would speak his mind, show his emotions, and make clear his mission. Liam’s mission was to serve his country, to serve his team, to be the best soldier he could be, and to help his fellow soldiers, from any nation, to the fullest extent under any conditions.”
So today and everyday, we remember.
More Fair
They left me
with your shadow,
saying things like
Life is not fair
& I believed them
for a long time.
But today,
I remembered
the way you laughed
& the heat
of your hand
in mine
& I knew that
life is more fair
than we can
ever imagine
if
we are there to live it”
— Brian Andreas
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