Remember and Document

Hi guys! It’s Monica here with a bit of a somber post today.

As many of you are aware, today marks seventeen years since the tragedy of 9/11 occurred in America. This event had a profound impact on the lives of many Americans. Today has been set aside as Patriot Day, an annual day of observance to remember those who were injured or died during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. And as such, I found myself hard pressed to write about any thing else today.

I want to write to you today about our obligation and privilege as memory keepers to actively remember and document national and personal tragedies.

One way to observe and to continually remember those who were the most deeply impacted by this and other tragedies is to document our thoughts and observances about them. This can be done in so many ways, but it is important that we do go. This may sound a bit dramatic, but I truly believe that future generations are depending on us to do this.

In the Chatty Forum today, many are sharing their thoughts on that day in our history. I invite you to join in on that conversation!

Here are a few layouts I found in the gallery that were created to remember and document this day…

I also invite you to create a layout documenting and sharing your thoughts on this day, or another day in history that has had an impact on your life. That’s how I’m going to spend today.

The greatest way that we can bring honor to this day is to tell our stories around it and share them with others!