Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Fri, Sep 11 2009
9/11 is old and new, fixed and fluid, past and future
It's just a date, but once it's fixed in the mind it's part of your life. There have been many children born since then and they will have no memory of what happened. They'll be like we who were born after the attacks on Pearl Harbor are. We can look at the footage and read the stories, but we can't remember the event. The children born since September 11, 2001 can't remember what happened on that day. They'll have to get it second-hand from those of us who lived through that time. The thing that gets lost in it all is the subtleties of the way life changes after these things. Air travel changed, security in many situations changed and attitudes about certain things changed. It's a sad sort of cycle, but it does seem to be part of human history. This generation moves forward as a result of those who made decisions and took steps before it came to be. Each generation in history takes a glance back, turns forward to look ahead and then takes another step.
posted at: 11:33 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
It's just a date, but once it's fixed in the mind it's part of your life. There have been many children born since then and they will have no memory of what happened. They'll be like we who were born after the attacks on Pearl Harbor are. We can look at the footage and read the stories, but we can't remember the event. The children born since September 11, 2001 can't remember what happened on that day. They'll have to get it second-hand from those of us who lived through that time. The thing that gets lost in it all is the subtleties of the way life changes after these things. Air travel changed, security in many situations changed and attitudes about certain things changed. It's a sad sort of cycle, but it does seem to be part of human history. This generation moves forward as a result of those who made decisions and took steps before it came to be. Each generation in history takes a glance back, turns forward to look ahead and then takes another step.
posted at: 11:33 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
