Blackhacker

Yesterday, I went nearly the whole day before realizing that it was the 4th anniversary of 9/11. You don’t even have to say the year anymore for people to understand what you are talking about. Its like the day itself is a superstar like Cher, Madonna, or Oprah that you don’t have e to say their last name. (What is Cher’s last name anyway?). Anyway, I went to church, attended my nieces Christening, took a nap, took the family to the park for a few hours, it was beautiful sunny day, did some shopping, got some dinner, tried to get my kids into bed on time, failed, put together a gliding rocking chair, and fell a sleep on the couch. Watched the ending of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’, which went of at 11:30 PM EDT. It wasn’t until the news came on, and it had all of the 9/11 memorial services, around the Del-Valley that I got up and checked the calendar.

I felt a guilty for not remembering, like forgetting your wife’s birthday. You are supposed to remember. At the same time we have lived with the memory of that day and of those times every day since. Everything has a 9/11 tie in, we went to war because of 9/11. We re-elcted a President for 9/11. 9/11 dictates our energy policy. 9/11 dictates our relations with Mexico, & S. America. Can’t even go to McDonald s and and order French fries, I’m sorry Freedom Fies, and not think of 9/11.

After 4 years of living with 9/11, I am thankful for a pleasant day of rest and worship, without it.