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‎10 years ago, I went to New York City. I saw the remains of what had been the two world trade towers. And as tears filled my eyes, walking through, I stopped, and gazing again into the rubble, I saw a cross. The only thing left standing from the buildings were these two beams, in a cross shape. That moment hadn't really made sense until today, 11 years later. 9-11 has always been a hard day for me, just remembering the pain I saw in others faces, my first experience of seeing death, people falling from buildings- all of that had a huge impact on my life. Today though, I don't feel like mourning. Today I am grateful. I am grateful that the seed of wanting to stop terrorism was planted in me. Without that moment, I would of never thought to go into the Intelligence field. I am grateful for the men and women who sacrifice their lives to give America back her freedom and safety everyday. In the midst of 9-11 we remember those emotions we felt that day: panic, fear, hatred. But tod...

Well, all the hype about it coming, and the time is finally here: The one year marker. One year ago today, I just barely finished packing up my bags, with little time to spare, and hopped on a plane. I began the 22 hour journey, plus the 7 hour time switch, to move to Ukraine. Looking back over this past year, first, I realized that there is no way I could of made it, had it not been for God's divine hand on my life, and second, I just may be crazy! Here are some of the highlighted moments, not all happy moments, but good stories at least... Meeting Emma... She is the best, and getting to see Emma grow up, and have a desire to go to church, is just great! Don't get me wrong, She is such a handful, and stubborn to no end. But I know that she is in my life, and my families life for a reason, so I am glad he brought me here to meet her.  I am grateful that I got to reconnect with my family. Being away from them for 3 years was too long. Of course it isn't always eas...

Yea well, let's just say studying Intelligence Studies is no walk in the park... Unless that walk includes running suicides, uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. Anyways, so yet another semester of classes has started for me. This is my fifth year. Feels like forever. Since my first year basically did nothing for me since I transferred, and then taking a semester off to move to Ukraine, I am still set to graduate before I turn 100, and in December of 2013 I should be the proud owner of a degree from the American Military University. I get asked a lot, what do I study, and well, what does that mean, so I've decided to let you in on my world ( before this semester sucks out all my brain power for blogging)... So this semester I am taking 15 credits, which is a lot for me. Today was the first day of classes. Being that everything I do is online, I enter my "home page" and all my classes are listed at the top. I click on a class and it takes me to that classes home ...