tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post1015795829104685530..comments2024-03-29T00:54:51.512-04:00Comments on Learning To Be Writers and Readers: In The 21st Century: 9-11: A Day That Will Live in Infamy drferreriblogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08800953133789773280noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post-60498837430131154202012-09-12T23:15:19.820-04:002012-09-12T23:15:19.820-04:00Thank you for sharing, the words are strong. Your ...Thank you for sharing, the words are strong. Your words let us feel what you felt and make us see you so clearly, sitting on the treadmill, tears mingling with prayers.<br /><br />On that day 11 years ago, I was in my first year of teaching... not a young, newly graduated teacher, but a widowed, rebuilding life, teacher. In a school full of people and with other family members to connect with, I still felt so alone that day, knowing I was experiencing a life-changing historical event without the person with whom I truly had shared everything for nearly all my adult life. I so identified with those who lost loved ones that day, and thought over and over how it must have seemed as if they disappeared into thin air. That day of infamy led to my Marine son's brief tour of duty in Iraq. He came home without physical injuries but is not left unscarred by the experience. The scars are hidden deep inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post-81545019135999051812012-09-12T05:53:16.436-04:002012-09-12T05:53:16.436-04:00What a different experience Anita. We were so in ...What a different experience Anita. We were so in the moment. I might have wished I was separated but it must have been horrible with or without the in-the-moment images.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973593425566621090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post-90693796821894326492012-09-11T22:01:59.921-04:002012-09-11T22:01:59.921-04:00Such a powerful piece. Thank you for your prayers ...Such a powerful piece. Thank you for your prayers that day and those since. Today at school we were encouraged to steer away from the "history" and talk more about the patriotism of today. But I think we should never forget. Your writing reinforces that.fireflytrailshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05906494857286134756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post-27909026513941630552012-09-11T20:52:44.947-04:002012-09-11T20:52:44.947-04:00No TV at school so you waited 'til you got hom...No TV at school so you waited 'til you got home. No access at home (Just how close were you to NYC at the time? I remember my parents' house losing the TV signal, except for WCBS-NY, after the '93 bombing.) so you went to the gym and sat on the treadmill. Wow, Anita. Your writing really gave me pause tonight just like you paused and thought about those who lost so much on that horrible 9/11/01 morning.<br />Thanks for sharing this with us today.Staceyhttp://raisealithuman.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143907991696731390.post-11183393364805303152012-09-11T20:09:21.105-04:002012-09-11T20:09:21.105-04:00I love how you started so many of the sentences wi...I love how you started so many of the sentences with praying. I is the only thing that I was able to do that day also. Your visual picture that you paint at the gym was powerful. So many things changed for so many people after that day. We were at peace and in an instant we were at war. xoNanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135130889558068676noreply@blogger.com