No "Video of the Week" today

I'd rather spend today reflecting on how blessed I am to have life. To have another day to be the best that I can be. To have another day to spend with my husband and kids and my doggies. To have the opportunity to influence others in a positive way.

I'm not at the CNN Center today. I'm at a different campus in a training seminar. At the moment, I'm on my lunch break and I'm sitting on the top floor of a building looking out of the window with a clear view of downtown Atlanta. In fact, I'm right downtown, but I'm looking out at Interstate 75/85 with the typical mid-week business of traffic and our lives in general. Exactly 6 years ago today, 2,996 people lost all opportunity to be with their loved ones, fulfill their dreams, make this world a better place. As I sit here on the top floor of this building and look out at the skyline, I think of what it must be like to have your entire life robbed of happiness in one fail swoop. As numb as we tend to become as human beings, I think that it's impossible to be non-reactionary when hearing and seeing events from 9/11. In fact, each year Q-100 FM plays a montage of events from the tragedy of that Tuesday morning 6 years ago. And each year, I think I'll be able to listen to the exact same montage without feeling so emotional. After 6 years, it's just as painful to hear as it was the first time. The same words, screams, confusion and anguish that occurred that day still live with us, and that will never change.

Please keep the loved ones who were left behind in your thoughts and prayers today. This will be about as rough as life gets for anyone.

We will not forget.