September 10th

[texpatriot2004]

This is my first journal entry. I've been here at DU for years. Speaking of years, I keep thinking today, ten years ago, everything was different. Sure there was an awful foreboding feeling after Bush was selected by the United States Supreme Court yet it was a completely different world, a world before 9-11-01. Remember, before the horrible trauma of planes and hijackers, before the towers fell, before many human lives were taken and others were forever changed, before the question of lihop or mihop, before all of that and more back on September 10, 2001.

I cannot believe ten years have passed. It seems like yesterday and it seems like a thousand years ago. Somehow I survived, we all survived those terrible years that followed. I remember that enormous pregnant pause after 9-11-01 before Bush/Cheney invaded Iraq and the gigantic opportunity we had to take a different course; the whole world stood with us at that time I recall and we stood together.

The unspeakable suffering from that tragic day changed everything for everyone. Now we live in a post 9-11-01 world.

Today, I am grateful that the darkness of the Bush/Cheney years is over. I am also grateful that we have intelligent, caring leaders in the White House. I am grateful that we have endured since 9-11-01. I am grateful for DU too.

I find myself a little uneasy this weekend on the 10th anniversary, a little anxious - I wonder if I'll have this experience every September? It seems more acute this year since an entire decade has passed. My thoughts and prayers are with all the people who are traveling this weekend; peace be with them and may their journeys be safe.

I'm not watching the TV msm frenzy of 9-11-01 events and remembrances. I remember that day. I don't need to relive it. I have my own opinions about what happened and the msm doesn't share them. I can't stand the thought of a televised talking heads recap of that day. I wish they would just let it be and go on. Or at the very least, keep any coverage of it a sincere, thoughtful reflection that honors and dignifies those who died and those who lived. A person can dream eh.

So, how to observe the day? I have been trying to figure this out for awhile now. I discovered serve.gov and reviewed the ideas there. I have found some ways to be charitable. I had a moment, albeit in really poor taste, that seemed funny to me, perhaps I should volunteer to read to school children in honor of the day since I will never forget Dubya in the classroom, frozen in fear or was it something else he was frozen in? I am certain he could have excused himself without terrorizing the children. In any case I decided that was not a good idea. Then, it came to me, connect with people in your life...friends, family, contacts; remember them and connect with them. Simple I suppose but profound. This would surely honor the victims of 9-11-01 who lost that option that day.

We were all forever changed. The whole world changed after September 10, 2001.

[texpatriot2004]

1. Hmm, no comments but thanks for the Recs : ) nm