Two weeks ago, we celebrated the tenth birthday of our first-born son. It was impossible then, and most especially today, to ignore how life as we knew it forever changed when he was only 14 days old.

It is fitting that today, the tenth anniversary of 9.11, we pay tribute to the victims, heroes and charitable legacies reluctantly established after the horrible attacks.

Here are some recent articles and websites offering perspectives:

• The Rebirth of Ground Zero
• Charitable giving trends in the wake of 9/11 full of good lessons and bad
  
• Few 9/11 charitable foundations remain
  
• Memorial | National September 11 Memorial & Museum

This post is dedicated to the 2,977 people who died, and the estimated 3,000 children who lost one or both parents on 9.11.2001.