When conversation fails, turn to the weather.
So far today, it's been grey and rainy. I find it fitting - it matches the flags at half-mast, and the dark clothes of the newscasters.
I keep thinking about the fact that for my kids, the events of September 11, 2001, will fall into the category of history. They will stare at us in perplexed fashion when we talk about the day as we experienced it. The same way that I stared at my mom when she talked about never forgetting where she was when she found out that JFK had been shot.
They will not understand the lump in my throat or the tears in my eyes when I think of the New York skyline the way it used to be, and all the lives that were lost when it was altered. They will not know the images that flash uncontrollably through my mind or why my heart aches when I see explosions in movies. For them, September 11 will be just another day, maybe with network news a little more "boring" than usual.
Posted by Shokufeh at September 11, 2003 01:24 PM