9-11
I awoke that day, to a call from my Husband who was at work just outside of the PHL. He asked if I had seen the news. I hadn't even gotten myself out of breastfeeding mode, let alone be concerned about life outside of poop, feeding, and survival in a foreign environment.
I actually laughed at first...what sort of Dumb Ass would actually accidentally fly a plane into a building?!
I was amazed at the absolute stupidity of a pilot not realizing that there is a HUGE building looming before him. I thought it was a small JFK type thing.
My infant daughter awoke, so I gathered her into my arms and offered her my breast. My Baby...my promise to this world that I still had HOPE.
As she suckled and became satiated, the awful truth unfolded before me.
This BEAUTIFUL CHILD will never know what it is to be safe.
I grew up on Westerns, Feel Good Sitcoms, Cartoons, Boy Bands, and AMERICANA.
FUCK!
I was literally in the kill Zone. NYC DC ... was Philly next?
I'm on the phone BEGGING my husband to just COME HOME!
(There is a bridge between us. You can get into Jersey free...but you've got to pay to leave!)
I had visited my Father a few times on Long Island. NOTHING had prepared me for THIS!
HE said that he couldn't leave the office, because he was too new.
I broke that day as I sobbed over my baby's soft downy hair. She will not know life before 9-11.
None of my children really will, and now I have 2 that serve our Country proudly.
I will NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.
My son ended up fighting in this war. He survived the Sandbox, the Korengal...we ALL have scars on our souls.
I awoke that day, to a call from my Husband who was at work just outside of the PHL. He asked if I had seen the news. I hadn't even gotten myself out of breastfeeding mode, let alone be concerned about life outside of poop, feeding, and survival in a foreign environment.
I actually laughed at first...what sort of Dumb Ass would actually accidentally fly a plane into a building?!
I was amazed at the absolute stupidity of a pilot not realizing that there is a HUGE building looming before him. I thought it was a small JFK type thing.
My infant daughter awoke, so I gathered her into my arms and offered her my breast. My Baby...my promise to this world that I still had HOPE.
As she suckled and became satiated, the awful truth unfolded before me.
This BEAUTIFUL CHILD will never know what it is to be safe.
I grew up on Westerns, Feel Good Sitcoms, Cartoons, Boy Bands, and AMERICANA.
FUCK!
I was literally in the kill Zone. NYC DC ... was Philly next?
I'm on the phone BEGGING my husband to just COME HOME!
(There is a bridge between us. You can get into Jersey free...but you've got to pay to leave!)
I had visited my Father a few times on Long Island. NOTHING had prepared me for THIS!
HE said that he couldn't leave the office, because he was too new.
I broke that day as I sobbed over my baby's soft downy hair. She will not know life before 9-11.
None of my children really will, and now I have 2 that serve our Country proudly.
I will NEVER FORGET THAT DAY.
My son ended up fighting in this war. He survived the Sandbox, the Korengal...we ALL have scars on our souls.