Sunday, October 13, 2002

9.11.2001
How much has YOUR life changed? Enough? Not enough?
We all probably wish it never happened, but the harsh truth is that it has. We cant change that. Its done. However, we CAN change how we react to it.
The reason I'm writing this is because my family had a couple over for dinner tonight, and my parents were talking to them about something or other with me just sitting there smiling and nodding. Then the lady made a reference to 9.11 like she said it every day. It was something like "well, that must have been after nine-one-one because of..." and went off about whatever she was saying. Hmmm. Makes me think that... You know, I don't even know what to think. I have seen countless articles about how we need to "get over it, but never forget it" Yeah, like we are EVER gonna get over it, or EVER forget it. The thing is is that it has been embedded in our minds. So what my question is, is how are we going to react to it now that its a year and a few months after. How many thousand people died? Sure its a statistic, but how many people died? Are dead. Never going to breathe. Never going to see, hear, talk, smile, think, love, live... nothing. They are dead. But now what can we do? I don't even know if I am over it. I could be trendy and say that I am, but truly... am I? Are you?
It frustrates me.