Monday Sep 11, 2006

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I will never forget sitting in front of my television screen, completely unable to understand what was happening. For days, I watched endlessly. I cried until my body was sore, and I didn't even know anybody there. I knew that America would never be the same again.

I want to honor those people that I never knew. I want to kiss a fireman just for the hell of it. I want to remember how we came together afterwards, united as a country. For a while, flags went up everywhere. Houses, churches, stores, all over town. We stood with each other for a while, and I felt a kinship with people I would never know or see. And that is what I want to think of today. Remembering those lost, and how we came together. I can leave the exhaustive political soul searching that tinkers in the back of my mind constantly for just one day.




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jay_blank:
Hey there,

I just posted this in Jynee's blog, but I thought it appropriate to post here as well. This was my experience today.

"I have to say, it was pretty much 'business as usual' today for most of the people I saw. Yes, it was a more somber day and people did pay their respect, but also, people showed that they were able to move forward. We will never forget, but we will not live in fear or anguish. We will live our lives. "
judypatricia:
I'll never forget the sound of my mother's voice on the other end of the phone when she was finally able to get through to me, calling me from Florida, just to make sure I wasn't dead. Or the way the lights were turned off in both the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings at night just so this way no planes would target them too. Or the smell from the buildings' collapse that hung in the air for well over a month, making trying to attend classes and focus on them impossible. Or actually realizing the enormity of that pile of rubble when you had to pass by them to go about your business...

It feels a lot longer than five years ago, though.

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