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Remembering - Not Just 9/11

Posted on September 11, 2007 - Filed Under Got Me Thinking, Well Wishes

Hopefully I don’t catch too much flack for this. I was considering not posting at all but I feel I must say something.

There will be plenty of sites posting memorial type stories for the friends and families of the victims of September 11 today. It is a wonderful and noble thing for them to do. But today I am not going to do that and I will explain why.

Not long ago there was a fire in a local community that claimed the lives of a number of firemen. It is a well-known sentiment how firemen treat and feel about “one of their own.” It was truly a sad occasion when so many were lost at once. However, the ensuing aftermath of memorials, services, fundraisers, and media circuses were overwhelming. Even the families of those involved thought it was a little much and wanted a little more privacy to mourn in their own ways. I couldn’t help but wonder how the children who had lost a parent in other fires must have felt. Just because they didn’t lose their loved one in as sensationalized a manner or in a group might have made it seem to them that their loss was not as deep or important as those others. I don’t think that is right at all.

So, I don’t mean this to belittle any life that was lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11. There were people who died in noble fashion and there were people who died just because they were doing their jobs or were in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is all so very sad. But I just want to let others know that their losses of loved ones are just as significant, no matter what day of the year they occurred on and no matter what manner those lives were taken.

I hate terrorism. But maybe this day could be a day for all types of mourning. Because every loss of human life is sad. And every loss leaves a hole for some child somewhere.

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5 Responses to “Remembering - Not Just 9/11”

  1. Opal Tribble (96 comments.) on September 11th, 2007 2:36 pm

    I agree with you it is a tragedy the amount of people that lost their lives on that fateful day but other losses are just as significant.

  2. calamitysims (42 comments.) on September 11th, 2007 3:23 pm

    Well said, Teeni :)

  3. Hannah (362 comments.) on September 11th, 2007 5:25 pm

    Very well said.

  4. Kami (301 comments.) on September 11th, 2007 8:04 pm

    Teeni, that is wonderful and I agree with you 150% :-)

  5. Penny Southwell (46 comments.) on September 12th, 2007 12:50 pm

    Couldn’t have put it better.

    Thank you, Penny. I just felt it had to be said.

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