[MozartLover]

"We need to stop and remember the victims ...... and when we do, we should feel a white hot anger!

..... but our country has gotten so touchy-feely that I'm sure there will be a lot more tears than righteous indignation. "

Well, I have to confess to being a bit confused about this discussion y'all have been having. To me, grief and anger are both legitimate emotions. Tomorrow's anniversary will most certainly bring back a lot of the feelings we were all experiencing a year ago. For me it went in stages: shock, disbelief, and a terrible, aching sadness.........which eventually did evolve into a steady, growing, deep anger.............

The anger will be back. Oh yes. Most definitely.

But for right now, I am just sad. Very, very sad. And I will cry tomorrow. Heck, I've already started. When I think of the families, and the horrible memories they will be forced to re-live............and not because of the media, but because it happened.............the emotion I feel most strongly is grief.

I hesitated to even post this, since it seems to fly in the face of what most of you are saying. But if I can't say what I think, I might as well find a new place to hang out. And there IS no better place than this.:)

Love y'all.

(((hugs)))

[kayak]

Oh, Mozie, of course we will all feel grief and sadness. Goodness knows, it's taken virtually nothing at all to turn on the waterworks for me all year.

But for way too many people, the emotions will stop there; they won't move on to the anger. My anger is fed by my sorrow for what happened ..... it was so brutal ..... so vicious. So many innocents lost their lives so horrifically for simply showing up for work or taking a plane trip.

We're on the same page, sweetie. And don't you even think about leaving here again ...... ok? That's an order! ....... we need you! ...... *hugs*

[Utah Girl]

I appreciate your comments. I think my heart will be breaking tomorrow for the victims and their families. But I also want to be reminded of the anger I felt last year when this happened. I want to harden my resolve to see this thing through and rid the world of terrorism. Good comments. :)