-Isms: Views on life in rural America

About 10 days ago, I started watching “One Day in America,” a National Geographic series about what I consider the darkest day in our nation’s history: the September 11 attacks.

Watching the show has been an emotional journey, and even though the tears roll as I view an episode, I highly recommend the series.

Scenes from the show brought back a deluge of memories. Like many of you, every detail of that day stands out, a slow-motion vignette filled with chaos, frustration, anger and despair.

The kids were already at school and I was sipping my first glass of iced tea when a breaking news alert...