Eleven years ago today, life as we knew it changed. Living in New York City on
that day, I felt as if I was watching a really bad movie and just wanted to
jump up and leave the theatre. But I couldn’t – it wasn’t just a horrible movie
– it was reality. In the days following September 11th I watched a
city rally and unite, each person doing whatever they could to help one
another. While sitting in the neighborhood fire station with Agatha, my Norwich
terrier, I watched as a young mom walked into the station with her small child.
I cried (because it’s what I do) as the mom explained that her child wanted to
help the kids of the firefighters who had lost their lives; and I watched the
youngster offer up his small piggy bank. It was in that moment that Kids Make
It Happen was born.
