It's a recovering Wednesday here so I'm kind of reflective.
Weekend of course included the Twentieth anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers way back in 2001 as much as for me it might as well of been yesterday because so much is etched on my brain from the long wait to hear if a friend who did work inside the WTC was alive as he was scheduled but fortunately he'd called in sick.
It was the period we yes the people the other side of the Atlantic stood up in solidarity with Americans as much as it transpired we'd lost 67 of our own, putting up tens of thousands of copies of the Stars and Stripes in our windows, doing all we could to help those stranded where out of necessity all air travel across the Atlantic was stopped for a period and where the American national anthem was played at Horseguards Parade, London.
We were as one, United, in those dark hours facing an evil act that cost over 3,000 lives.
During that period another concern for me was as a school governor was just what were we going say and do to help the children deal with what they'd seen as it was bad enough for the staff.
I'd decided given the non-stop coverage with images on loops which still run through my head today to take time out from media consumption and read cartoon strips and focus more the good taking place in situations.
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