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September 11 – We Remember

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Mary Beth Frezon

There’s more that we could never imagine happening going on, and this year’s September 11 remembrances may seem to be fading in a world that seems more and more violent and dystopic. Yesterday an assassination of a political person seems to have equal numbers of fingers pointing at both sides. But violence is never the answer. We must remain committed to our belief that freedom can be held by many, even though they don’t always agree on everything. We can agree enough. And we can agree and disagree peacefully. Continue reading →

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We Remember – September 11, 2024

Posted on September 11, 2024 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today was a beautiful September day. Brilliant sunlight in a cool, blue-sky morning. Just like the morning of September 11 2001, when the world changed. Now it’s been 23 years and we still gather to remember, still remember in the … Continue reading →

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Remember

Posted on September 11, 2023 by Mary Beth Frezon

This year marks twenty-two years since that day. Over the last week or so I’ve noticed people are saying things like “we need to all grieve, whether we lost someone or not, directly or not…” We did all lose someones … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2019

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Mary Beth Frezon

REMEMBER 911, quilt by Mary Beth Frezon, 2001. Photo by Pearl Yee Wong of the Michigan State University Museum This is what I wrote as an early statement about this quilt: September 11, 2001 The phone rang. I watched my … Continue reading →

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Advice worth pausing for

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Mary Beth Frezon

Today’s a day when we remember and reflect on the violence thrust upon us as a nation and many people as individual human beings on that clear blue-sky morning of September 11, 2001. A few months later I quoted Christoffer … Continue reading →

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