Twenty Years Later, a Midwestern Mom Remembers 9/11

“My God, we’re at war.”

Chicago’s AON Center, built in the same style as the World Trade Center’s twin towers. Photo by Clark Van Der Beken on Unsplash

“Are you watching the news?”

It’s my mother calling, and she never reaches out at this time of day. She knows I’m juggling the morning madness of nursing a baby and getting a three-year-old ready for preschool.