tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post5501021175418365196..comments2023-08-07T09:09:51.610-04:00Comments on Melinda: Eva Cassidy - over the rainbowMelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673930610844503371noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-30132917739897352642007-09-11T09:25:00.000-04:002007-09-11T09:25:00.000-04:00J.T. was almost exactly nine months old and it fel...J.T. was almost exactly nine months old and it felt like my vision of his future shifted that day.... I knew the world would be a completely different place for him.... but I wonder if our parents felt that way during the Cold War? Like optimism was fading? Thank all of you for sharing your thoughts.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673930610844503371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-48975162546363179652007-09-11T04:56:00.000-04:002007-09-11T04:56:00.000-04:00Yes this terrible anniversary has been on my mind ...Yes this terrible anniversary has been on my mind today. We were on holiday and I remember getting up and J telling me what had happened. I too thought he was telling me a terrible joke. Alas no joke. Thinking of you and yours.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-43676156001459135932007-09-11T04:22:00.000-04:002007-09-11T04:22:00.000-04:00peace be with youpeace be with youSussanahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472496432389157230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-35509344176873516542007-09-11T04:02:00.000-04:002007-09-11T04:02:00.000-04:00M, I am absolutely HORRIFIED that that could happe...M, I am absolutely HORRIFIED that that could happen in Australia! I think we have all reacted very badly to 9/11. It was an appalling action, but we could have served the cause of Freedom in a much better way than we did. <BR/>I woke up to my alarm/radio reporting the news. At first I thought it was a bad bad joke. I couldn't leave the TV all day. It was stunning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-14851097777449064212007-09-11T03:39:00.000-04:002007-09-11T03:39:00.000-04:00Ten days after the twin towers fell we left on a d...Ten days after the twin towers fell we left on a dream holiday to the USA. We would have been in NY one month to the day, and actually had our pre-paid tickets to stand on the viewing platform of the towers.<BR/><BR/>I drove to work that morning and wondered what the hell life even meant. What purpose did anything serve?<BR/><BR/>I was ready to pull out of our trip, but we were going as a family of fifteen and no one else felt like I did. It turned out to be a wonderful trip - we took NY out of our itinerary, it didn't seem the appropriate place to take our children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-24448675508265595062007-09-11T03:14:00.000-04:002007-09-11T03:14:00.000-04:00I think waht you say is so very right. Climber wa...I think waht you say is so very right. <BR/> <BR/>Climber was still a newish baby when it happened and I remember looking down at him, kicking on the floor, and wondering if it was still okay to be sitting in my living room adoring my baby when such things were happening in the world. But you have to really, don't you?Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-66329976005456307252007-09-10T23:29:00.000-04:002007-09-10T23:29:00.000-04:00I love that song, no matter who sings it. Your sen...I love that song, no matter who sings it. <BR/><BR/>Your sentiments match mine. Even in Australia, the impact of that day was felt profoundly.<BR/><BR/>It still is. In some ways, it even feels like it happened here. The world changed that day, for us all.Aunty Evilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433383999833031264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-10712839424464015822007-09-10T20:41:00.000-04:002007-09-10T20:41:00.000-04:00I was asleep the night (your day) that it happened...I was asleep the night (your day) that it happened. I woke early the next day to feed my (then baby) son when my husband burst in to tell me that a "Tom Clancy scenario just happened". <BR/><BR/>This weekend we Sydney-siders experienced the fall-out from this event in the form of a barricaded, fenced-off city during the APEC forum. A friend of ours was at work with his son when after being motioned by a police officer to cross the road was tackled to the ground and arrested for violating the APEC zone. They detained him for 22 hours on terrorism charges and left his 11 yo son on the street alone to find his own way home. <BR/><BR/>I would prefer to accept risk rather than live behind barricades. Let's not live in fear. This is Australia for heaven's sake. :-)<BR/><BR/>Lovely song.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831936165024410678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-45041780847694495562007-09-10T19:39:00.000-04:002007-09-10T19:39:00.000-04:00I too remember where I was. I agree this was such...I too remember where I was. I agree this was such a huge even that had impact on most in lots of ways. Georgia was a baby and I was lying in bed at night feeding her the 10.30pm late news was on. I remember our News reader had the pics of the first crash and was saying news just in and they didn't know what happened. Then the second plane crashed into the building live. I turned to Mark and just said "OMG was that another plane holy **&*& what's happening" I can't remember what time we got to sleep but it was in the early hours of the morning!<BR/>Such a beautiful song too that stirs many emotions :)<BR/>Sue xxSue xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864417330901450552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955071586429125990.post-8178082561172698282007-09-10T16:04:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:04:00.000-04:00Thank you for representing someone who is at least...Thank you for representing someone who is at least THINKING about this! Complacency will ruin our country. We need to keep HOPE alive and teach our children the realities needed to obtain and maintain PEACE...and it starts with love in the home. God bless everyone, everywhere....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com