I didn’t really dawn on me till tonight when I was going home, and I looked up to see the Tribute in Light test shining up from southern Manhattan, that this weekend would be three years. I had already watched one 9/11 documentary this week, and I’m watching another now, but I didn’t really realize the date until I looked up in the sky this evening. I didn’t forget, but maybe it’s just getting easier not to think about it.

I’m not glad that it happened, but I’m glad I was in New York City, otherwise I think it would just seem like some odd movie, some distant event. I remember in college when the Oklahoma City bombing happened, and I just scanned through it on CNN, and then went on with my day. It wasn’t a real event, it had no impact on me whatsoever. But this…