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One More Year
Sep. 11th, 2007 06:43 pmThere isn't really anything more to say about 9/11. We've all said it countless times, and we've felt it in our bones and our souls for six years. It was a tragedy, and it shattered all the illusions I had ever held about the world. It devastated many families and continues to do so every day our soldiers are away from home.
Today I started thinking about six years before. We all know where we were on September 11, 2001...but where were we on September 11, 1995? I was a sophomore in high school. I was probably worried about the first week of school, and what to wear, and when was I going to get a boyfriend, and how's my hair. Who knew that the world would change so much in six short years?
Six years after...
How has the world changed? We still have the same president, and that's no better. We have the same fears, because every day without a terror attack is another day closer to when the time finally comes. Do we have the same hope, that things will be better, that good still perseveres?
Six more years from now...what will September 11, 2013 be like? Will we have experienced the resolution, or any peace?
There are still so many questions. The only thing we know for sure is that life is worth it, and peace is worth waiting and hoping and working and praying for. Let's keep doing that, then.
Today I started thinking about six years before. We all know where we were on September 11, 2001...but where were we on September 11, 1995? I was a sophomore in high school. I was probably worried about the first week of school, and what to wear, and when was I going to get a boyfriend, and how's my hair. Who knew that the world would change so much in six short years?
Six years after...
How has the world changed? We still have the same president, and that's no better. We have the same fears, because every day without a terror attack is another day closer to when the time finally comes. Do we have the same hope, that things will be better, that good still perseveres?
Six more years from now...what will September 11, 2013 be like? Will we have experienced the resolution, or any peace?
There are still so many questions. The only thing we know for sure is that life is worth it, and peace is worth waiting and hoping and working and praying for. Let's keep doing that, then.
