How has September 11 Impacted Your Passions and Lifestyle?

What impact has September 11 had on your personal lifestyle? Although we were fortunate to not have anyone in our immediate family directly impacted by the terrorist attacks this tragic event had a major influence on all of our lives. I became much more aware of my immediate surroundings and felt greater comfort in knowing where each of my family members were at all times. For the weeks following the attacks I wanted to physically be with each of my three children and husband whenever possible and we started to spend much more time as a family. We opted to have family outings versus getting sitters on many Saturday evenings and began to go out more as a family unit. We had many friends who also did the same and thus a large group of family friends developed that have become like family to us.  Much of our social circle evolved since this as a result. Even to this day ten years later our favorite memories and times are as a result of these friendships and our family enjoys each others presence whenever possible. In fact my almost adult kids will ask us our plans before finalizing plans with their peers still on many an evening.  Although this event was one of the greatest tragedies I can remember out of did emerge resilence and a strong sense of family ties.