tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post5313166675500756478..comments2024-02-23T02:03:23.020-07:00Comments on The Eco Cat Lady Speaks: Remembering September 11thEcoCatLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-76368269021535206032012-07-02T13:21:31.841-06:002012-07-02T13:21:31.841-06:00I'm grateful too.I'm grateful too.EcoCatLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704811319510740473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-42782663090510225432012-07-01T08:35:18.258-06:002012-07-01T08:35:18.258-06:00Oh and yes I know the middle east isn't one co...Oh and yes I know the middle east isn't one country. Grammar fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-52541472285986549952012-07-01T08:33:56.016-06:002012-07-01T08:33:56.016-06:00Even here in Australa all tv sets in all workplace...Even here in Australa all tv sets in all workplaces were on. Dad woke me up early to show me, and we watched all day at work. I cried, lots of people cried, the entire world had changed forever. Its weird to have experienced a moment in history where the whole world knew the whole world had changed forever.<br />I am so grateful I do not live on a country where this is commonplace, like the middle east. So so grateful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-46570624329736027672011-09-10T15:08:01.563-06:002011-09-10T15:08:01.563-06:00I agree with you that the biggest change for me as...I agree with you that the biggest change for me as well, has been in my perspective. I am indescribably grateful for my life and for each day I am given. <br /><br />I also agree with Jay. I have disgust towards those here in our country that have used this horrible event to further their own political goals at the expense of our youth.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576182360963956966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-8932637149515618522011-09-09T21:53:43.462-06:002011-09-09T21:53:43.462-06:00BTW, thanks ECL.BTW, thanks ECL.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199139577895608850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7685979597473858413.post-18594612183724573722011-09-09T20:33:22.829-06:002011-09-09T20:33:22.829-06:00I remember DH calling and saying a plane had crash...I remember DH calling and saying a plane had crashed into the WTC, could I find out more... Turned on the Today Show and watched with them as the second plane hit. absolute stunned silence. <br />It was a school day, so somehow I got the kids up and attempted some normality. I had to tell them though, as I knew their school would be talking about it. They couldn't process it at all. When we got to the school, as per our ritual, I walked my eldest to her first class. The shock was palpable in the hallways, and many teachers had hauled in a TV so everyone could find out more. I sat at home and watched all day, with odd little connections/events coming up: flights heading to DC landed in Nova Scotia, DD's obsession at the time, the eeriness of an empty sky ... My mom called and declared we had been attacked, I agreed but couldn't think what else to say. She was in the hospital waiting for exploratory surgery--she never woke from that surgery. That evening, we couldn't think of what to say. We just watched. and watched.<br />Needless to say, that time is pretty jumbled in my heart! It has taken years to fathom the loss.<br />What I know most of what that day means to me, is really the story of what our country turned into in the following days, months, and years. United in sorrow, angry, and ultimately traveling a frightening road towards what we had hated the most: oppression, reckless denial of civil rights, and a justification of the unjust.<br />I have an unspeakable anger towards those -here- who used that horrible event to send our youth to fight for a lie, and who have spent our youth's futures for their own gain.<br />The terrorists: did they "win"? Hmmm.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01199139577895608850noreply@blogger.com