September 11th Flags

For school Jenna interviewed me about my memories of 9-11. I had shared some of those memories in a previous post HERE.

This morning we woke up early and put up flags around the neighborhood with the Young Women.

Later on as I drove through the neighborhood to pick up Jenna from school I felt touched to see all of the flags waving in the breeze, lining every street in between our house and the school. It was an inspiring sight!

Today there was only a handful of students in each of Josh's classes at the Middle School. The reason for this is that a threatening note was found written on a calculator case at the school a few days ago saying something about a school shooting on September 11th. Later on someone sent a text, which was later posted on Instagram, saying that everyone should stay home because there was going to be a school shooting.

The school sent out e-mails to parents about this probable hoax/threat and upped security. Because of all this the school said parents could decide what was best for their students and that students who stayed home would not be penalized. The police did an investigation and found the student who sent the original text that was spread around social media and the student was arrested the evening of September 10th. We sent Josh to school. He said that his classes only had 5 or 6 students. Apparently the student thought the text would be "funny." The whole situation made me really sad. There is already so much heartache surrounding the memories of this day. It is a day to remember and honor those who lost their lives, not a day to cause trouble and stir up fear in others!