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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 304197" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">H was watching a documentary on the 911 attacks last night. It was mostly about the conspiracy theory. I didn't watch it much. I happened to walk in just as they showed those horrible photos of the towers falling and well, it's just too much for me. I know we all have our own stories of where we were that morning, what we were doing, the look on the faces of those around us, etc. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">It is still just too raw. I cannot believe that 8 years has passed already. Seeing those images conjured up feelings in me that make it feel like it happened last week.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">I don't think we've forgotten at all. I think some of us are still seething, many of us have moved on to forgive so we can feel relief and there are some of us who choose to let it go because it is just too painful. All of those other things like health care and tax reform and whatever your personal cause are all still important issues. I think we've all become a bit more guarded is all.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">We lost family in those attacks. My sister in law has a memorial on Facebook today for her cousin Frankie. I only met him a few times long time ago, but I remember him - he was a fun young man with a beautiful little boy who slept with his dad's NYC firefighter hat those first few months following those attacks.</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">At work, we lost colleagues who had become friends over the years. Following the attacks, we attended memorial services, had to eliminate street addresses and the names of our friends from our database. Every once in a while, a co-worker of a lost friend will call our office and it all comes rushing back. We have a co-worker who took early retirement shortly thereafter 911 because his grief and shock was so great. He was one of the lucky ones to get out in time, but not before all his facial and head hair was burned off and he suffered 3rd degree burns on his hands, neck and face. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">I think we should all light a candle today and send up a prayer, thought, meditation (or whatever our hearts feel) to remember all of those lost and all of those damaged and all of those whose hearts and minds were touched in a way that they will never forget. Peace to all~</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 304197, member: 2211"] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]H was watching a documentary on the 911 attacks last night. It was mostly about the conspiracy theory. I didn't watch it much. I happened to walk in just as they showed those horrible photos of the towers falling and well, it's just too much for me. I know we all have our own stories of where we were that morning, what we were doing, the look on the faces of those around us, etc. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]It is still just too raw. I cannot believe that 8 years has passed already. Seeing those images conjured up feelings in me that make it feel like it happened last week.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]I don't think we've forgotten at all. I think some of us are still seething, many of us have moved on to forgive so we can feel relief and there are some of us who choose to let it go because it is just too painful. All of those other things like health care and tax reform and whatever your personal cause are all still important issues. I think we've all become a bit more guarded is all.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]We lost family in those attacks. My sister in law has a memorial on Facebook today for her cousin Frankie. I only met him a few times long time ago, but I remember him - he was a fun young man with a beautiful little boy who slept with his dad's NYC firefighter hat those first few months following those attacks.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]At work, we lost colleagues who had become friends over the years. Following the attacks, we attended memorial services, had to eliminate street addresses and the names of our friends from our database. Every once in a while, a co-worker of a lost friend will call our office and it all comes rushing back. We have a co-worker who took early retirement shortly thereafter 911 because his grief and shock was so great. He was one of the lucky ones to get out in time, but not before all his facial and head hair was burned off and he suffered 3rd degree burns on his hands, neck and face. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]I think we should all light a candle today and send up a prayer, thought, meditation (or whatever our hearts feel) to remember all of those lost and all of those damaged and all of those whose hearts and minds were touched in a way that they will never forget. Peace to all~[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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