I Love America

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I don't normally get into politics here, because that's a really stupid thing to do while representing a charity. But I do have one semi-related thing that I will get into today. I love America. I love this country, and I don't care if there are better countries out there or if people don't like this country. Like my family, this is what I was born into, and I'm proud to be a part of it, and it will always be my favorite. Yeah, this is a September 11 thing.

Real quick, if you've never been here before, click here to see why I'm running 61 marathons and an ultramarathon this year to raise money for Train 4 Autism.

Anyways, back to the point, September 11 was only nine years ago, so we all remember where we were and what we were doing on September 11. I won't bore you to tears with what I was doing. We were all stunned beyond belief when we found out.

But I do want to say that I'm grateful that our military and government have prevented subsequent terrorist attacks on our soil in the past nine years. I'm grateful for our troops and our police officers and our firefighters, who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe. I'm glad that no innocent civilians have lost their lives here since 9/11. It kills me to really think about the people that lost their lives on those planes and in those buildings.

I wish our country could be unified again like we were after 9/11, but I hope it doesn't take such a devastating tragedy to make that happen. I'm running a race that's a marathon/9:11 timed race on Saturday in Olathe, Kan. That's one of my favorite areas of the country. It will be nice to be there. And really, that's about all I have to say today. Do something American on Saturday.