tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340086915925016532.post131074843722500117..comments2023-10-07T10:27:56.685-04:00Comments on Facie’s Ramblings: What I ACTUALLY did on 9/11Faciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340086915925016532.post-21275789544285513122012-09-15T09:52:26.311-04:002012-09-15T09:52:26.311-04:00Kristen, I am not sure it is impressive, but thank...Kristen, I am not sure it is impressive, but thanks. On the one hand, I obviously think I overdo it. But on the other hand, it seems almost pathetic to commemorate that day for a day or two every year and then not think about it pretty much the rest of the year when so many others are reminded about it daily. Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340086915925016532.post-89051387830782328272012-09-13T16:26:05.145-04:002012-09-13T16:26:05.145-04:00I still can't believe that 9/11 was eleven yea...I still can't believe that 9/11 was eleven years ago. Like most of us, I'm sure, I remember exactly where I was when it happened, when I first learned about it, and what I did the rest of the day. <br /><br />I'm impressed by your commitment to honoring the day and commemorating the people who lost their lives - not to mention their families that still live the loss day in and day out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340086915925016532.post-67335163419791676892012-09-13T12:36:38.832-04:002012-09-13T12:36:38.832-04:00Well, Mel, I would not say I exactly restricted my...Well, Mel, I would not say I exactly restricted my viewing. I probably spent about two hours Tuesday evening, plus another 1.5 hours after I work up in the middle of the night and could not fall back to sleep. I think 1 to 1.5 hours would have been better.<br /><br />I do regret that I missed the ceremonies in the a.m. Last year I posted about how it hit me when I read the names of some people who were 29 when they died, that they were the same age as I was that day. Yet I made it to 39, and they never did. Very sobering.Faciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165861407055831754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3340086915925016532.post-77562609169003186612012-09-12T12:50:16.990-04:002012-09-12T12:50:16.990-04:00I am glad you restricted your viewing, but glad yo...I am glad you restricted your viewing, but glad you viewed things, too. I feel like it's my obligation to keep aware of it and remember how I felt that day, to remember that all those names weren't just names. We want to be healthy about it but we don't want to sweep it under a rug, either. It's a tough balance to strike. Watching that stuff, hearing those names, is sort of like reading some war memoirs for me: not pleasant, but necessary and important. Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886668831972641673noreply@blogger.com