Re: Ready to write finally -- 9/11/02 MEMORIES

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Date Posted: 21:33:28 09/01/03 Mon
Author: Mitch Slotnick
Subject: Re: Ready to write finally
In reply to: DD 's message, "Re: Ready to write finally" on 06:14:57 08/29/02 Thu

Hmmmm....so here we are again. It's amazing how another year flies by and now the second anniversary of the brutal attacks of 9/11 are upon us. You know, as I sit here preparing to write another piece on this subject, I feel a little pissed off. I'm pissed that we haven't found Bin Laden. I'm pissed that Saddam keeps eluding us. I'm pissed that as we head into the presidential election cycle, the leading democrat candidate (the very liberal Howard Dean) keeps gaining ground by being anti-war/anti Bush. What would he have done if he was president when 9/11 happened? I'm pissed at the sheeple that are buying what he's selling. I'm also a little pissed off at myself! I had a nice vacation with my family this summer. My optimistic outlook has reappeared. The economic picture is starting to look like a market upswing is taking root. Positive things are happening in my life. My family's health is good. And of course....time keeps ticking away. As it does, I've lessened my resolve a notch or two. The drama of the cable news channel's "News Alert" doesn't inspire the same dreadful and anxious response that it used to. I'm enjoying life! Now I know that we must strive for balance in our day to day living and I know that we all say we will never forget 9/11 (and we won't, I know that), but in the dark places of my mind and heart ( and I got them too), I also know that we are long overdue for another attack and that we are all damn fortunate that we have been able to stop another one thus far. So yeah, time heals all wounds to some degree, huh? I'm not sleeping with one eye open anymore and I think that is what's pissing me off. Our enemies are out there and they want to kill you, me and our children. It's hard to write a sentence like that when the hysteria level is down to a minimum level. Oh well, at least I'm honest. I'm also grateful that Gregg came up with a page like this for thinking people to put their feelings down in words. I'm happy to contribute. And DD, your post was outstanding! I've been meaning to tell you that for a while. I hope that you too, are less "raw" this year, but not too much less. And of course your sentiment was dead-on. We will come out on top from this, we always have.
OK....time to stop. I'll look forward to writing the next installment, next September. I wish all my former Canarsie friends and Americans everywhere a good and happy life. Let's stay strong folks. You never know.

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