September 11, 2014: Happy Birthday to the Gifts of Hope Born 9-11-2001
by Robert Gillis
Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 9/2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014: According to various web sites, somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 kids across America celebrate their 13th birthday today. I would venture to guess that for most, they’re in the 6th-8th grade, they’re finding their way, and their parents are beginning to wonder when their sweet child was replaced with this independent teen-ager with thoughts and ideas of their own.