Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Whiskey Wednesday--The Day After
I thought a couple of times about posting yesterday for September 11th. But somehow, I just didn't have anything to say.I didn't know anyone at the WTC, or Flight 93, or the Pentagon.
I don't have anyone close to me in the military.
I'm one of the many who often shoots my mouth off with no investment except higher gas prices and nastier politics.
My Grandmother remembers when war meant rubber drives, paper drives and food coupons. When gasoline was rationed. When women went to work in factories to build tanks and make bullets. When the lists were read of thousands of men who died who were neighbors, friends, relatives. Now, it's so easy to be cushioned from the impact.
We bitch about the price of gas, but we can fill up as long as our wallets can handle it. We complain about the state of politics and get all mealy mouthed about The War. We listen to talk shows on t.v. and shake our heads.
So, when I thought about posting about That Day, I couldn't. It wasn't in me. There are so many others that have the right to speak when I don't. As an American, I have my opinions. That's all they are. Opinions.
I can't watch the documentaries or the funerals. Every time I hear "Amazing Grace" played on the bagpipes, I think of those processionals, one after another.
Then, I remember that my father's funeral, almost exactly a year later, also played "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. And every time a flag is presented to a grieving relative I remember my second cousin in his Navy Whites presenting the flag to my mother.
It's as if they're inseparable for me.
Anyway, a toast! To all who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001. To all who lived with the devastating aftermath of losing a loved one on that day. And to all who continue to fight in a world that struggles to remember.
*raises glass* To you.
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