This weekend I went to the Oklahoma city bombing memorial and it has changed my life.  Living in our happy little world everyday it is easy to forget events like the Oklahoma city bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building or the World trade center.  This weekend’s experience will never be something I will never forget, nor will this be something I will take for granted. I went to Oklahoma city this weekend to visit some family, and I and my wife had some downtime and decided to cruise Downtown OKC. We stopped at a little parking lot downtown and decided to take a walk around not realizing we were parked directly in front of the memorial. We decided to go into the corresponding Museum to see what it was like and my wife cried her eyes out and I was nearly moved to tears my self when the walk throgh it was over and mad as hell at the lowlifes in this world that perpatrate such acts. The way the museum is layed out is done in such a way to give visitors a first hand glimpse of life before, during and after this horrible tragedy that befell many innocent people on April 15th, 1995. 168 innocent people total (including men, women and little children in a daycare) were merciless slaughtered by a pair of extremist monsters. Walking into the musem you start in early 1995 before the bombing occurred and it tells you about life in that era, and is very informational. Once through the initial part, you move on to a screening room where you here people talking during a application for a city permit and here the bomb explode in the audio, once this happens all 163 people who died in the buildings pictures display on the wall. You then proceed to the next room which shows you the destructive power of the bomb and the damage it inflicted. After seeing the horrible damage the next section is called the Gallery of honor. This was the most moving experience of the museum, as it shows all of the dead and has belonging along with a picture. You can see virtual tour of this here http://host.newspin360.net/okcnationalmemorial1/ I almost fell apart when I saw the picture of a little boy and his favorite toys in the picture box, it really hit home as being a parent I can only imagine the horror the family must have felt, and how their lives were forever destroyed by these monsters. The museum then moves into the apprehension of the criminals and the a area that promotes peace and remembrance. I signed a digital thoughts book at the museumt o sahr emy feelings to everyone who visits the memorial. I suggest that anyone who gets the chance to go to OKC should visit this, as I gurantee you that when you walk out, you will not be the same. God bless the families who endured this tragedy, and I pray that America will stand strong and fight against terrorism, both foreign and domestic. The site for this important museum can be found here: http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org

On another note, the memorial itself is beautiful and you can see what it looks like here: http://host.newspin360.net/okcnationalmemorial2/ The chairs are represenative of each victim and has their names etched into the glass base. You can also see the reflecting pool, and off in the distance the gates and a part of the fedreal building that was left.

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I woke up this morning to a toothache from hell. I tried all of my home remedies including swishing bombay saphire 95 proof liquor, eating crackers and taking 4 ibuprofren. Finally it has died down some but losing sleep sucks.

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