Category: General

After reading this I had to post. The name of the page file, appropriately, is “notbinladin.htm”. People, just because someone looks different then you does not mean they are any more of a terrorist then you are! America has always claimed to be proud to be the melting pot. Let us show our UNITY in a time like this, not terrorize poor innocent people on the street just because you assume that because they are *maybe* Muslim (some people do convert to other religions, you know) they are therefore terrorist. And more importantly, there are other terrorist out there that are the “next door neighbor” type, like Timothy McVeigh. Religion does not equal terrorism. Let’s help these people feel SAFE.

I received an e-mail on Tuesday from a wonderful lady named Konstanze (Connie) who lives in Vienna, Austria. It never ceases to amaze me how the internet can bring us so close. I wrote back to her and told her that I have family in Vienna, and all of my mother’s relatives (I am the 3rd generation born in the US on her side, and she is 100% Austrian) were from a village in Austria named Frauenkirchen. Connie wrote me back and sent me the address for that website, which I thought was quite nice of her to do that for me. I am planning on going to Europe for a family vacation in 3-4 years, visiting mainly Austria and Germany. Yes, some people want to go to Disneyworld. I have no desire to go there … I want to go see the world.

It gives me comfort to know that people around the globe are concerned about us, that we have their support. Thank you…

If Lilly had not posted it in the comments, I would have never known that Tuesday was the International Day Of Peace. Can you believe that? There were Day of Peace events scheduled at the UN on Tuesday.

It is so hard to watch all of the families on the news, hearing their personal stories. All of these people searching for their loved ones. And then, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, totally breaking down – because he took his son to the first day of school he wasn’t there … but 700 employees were, and none have been found. 700 from one company alone. And the remaining employees (I think there were 300 or so not there due to vacation, appointments, etc) voted today to go back to work when the bond market opened this morning. How hard.

Those walls full of pictures, posters of people looking for their family members. And so many of those may not ever truly get closure, their loved ones may never be found. *sigh*

Don’t forget, 7pm on Friday – go outside and light a candle. I have them lined up & ready on my patio, and if I can find a flag and get my dad to come put up a flag holder for me, I am putting that outside too. Then I might go & find the yellow ribbon I wore throughout Desert Storm. It was upsetting to hear that they are considering calling up the Reserves for the first time since Desert Storm.

My prayers for everyone have been constant. May we all find peace.

What happened to Jish today is *exactly* what we DO NOT need to be doing right now. Argh.

It’s a new day. We are still here. We are not at war yet. As you can see from my posts last night, I am trying to think about other things. Not easy when everything you read, everything on TV, all seems to be about the horrible events of Tuesday.

I mentioned to Kymberlie last night, one of the first things we discussed on Tuesday morning while watching the world as we know it crumble away… do you think they intentionally choose “UNITED” and “AMERICAN” flights for the symbolism of the names? United States of America … impacted by United and American flights. And 9-11 … was the date even selected for the symbolism of our 9-1-1 system? Something I keep wondering about over an over. The part about the airline names really bothers me. I am not sure why.

Tuesday when I finally forced myself to leave the news and go get lunch, I had the sunroof open, and I was listening to James Taylor’s Greatest Hits CD. “Fire and Rain”. Just go listen to it. I can’t explain all the emotions that go through me every time I listen to that song. I keep listening to that CD. His voice soothes me, it makes me feel calm when – well, to be honest, I don’t feel safe. But I have to work, I have to think about other things…

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can’t remember who to send it to

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus
You’ve got to help me make a stand
You’ve just got to see me through another day
My body’s aching and my time is at hand
And I won’t make it any other way

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I’d see you one more time again
There’s just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you fire and rain, now

(Lyrics from James Taylor Online – Unofficial Site)