However, I am really ready for FWI and whoever and dixie sass to come back, come back, wherever they are!
Posted on 09/11/2002 5:21:09 AM PDT by Mama_Bear
That would be me. LOL I can't get anyone else to TAKE the job!
Unless it's ru!!
Shhhhh....'ru' is TOO stern with the 'Hooligans'. : )
However, I am really ready for FWI and whoever and dixie sass to come back, come back, wherever they are!
Welcome Aboard.
Today gold pins with this stamp commemorating the heroes of 9-11 was given to all of us who work for the United States Postal Service. We all left off sorting our mail into our individual cases (we have 10 city and 6 rural routes in my office) and gathered in the middle of the workroom floor at 8:46 for two minutes of silence.
I did not think I would cry. Since 9-11-01 I have been very angry at the terrorists, the evil, the death, the destruction. But looking around at my coworkers just before I bowed my head, in various states of uniformed dress as they prepared for their day on the street, and with various looks of sadness and patriotism upon their faces...seeing my young supervisor struggling to rise to the occassion as best he could with the humble words he had...when I realized that the entire nation was stopping with us, at that very moment, to pause, to pray, and to remember, I was overcome with love, with pride, and with patriotism. The rest of the day was transformed by the moment: my soul was stilled and everything I saw was more meaningful, bittersweet; and everyone I spoke with was precious. We are more One Nation Under God this day than we have been in my lifetime, even more so than on the same day one year ago.
On September 11th, 2001 I was at the Montpelier, VT, post office sorting my mail in preparation for delivery. A fellow employee turned the radio on, and then up, and we gathered there, listening to the first reports of the tragedy in New York. As with other disasters - floods and ice storms in my history with the USPS - we all knew that the mail must go through, and we pulled ourselves away from the radio, pulled down our respective routes, and hit the streets. But we were in shock.
Because I am a Rural Carrier and deliver my route from my truck, I was able to follow the radio reports all day - the collapse of the first tower, then the second; the President's address to the nation; the crash at the Pentagon; Flight 93 that went down in Shanksville; the reaction of all of America....I spent extra time at many mailboxes that day, crying out in rage and helplessness, praying and praying and praying.
Two entire zip codes were wiped out with the World Trade Center Towers, and four postal workers lost their lives that day. But days later 2 more postal employees lost their lives in America's war with terrorism, having contracted anthrax. The "Anthrax Scare" is what brought the USPS onto the front lines of the battle. We were not afraid. We were mad, and we were determined: the mail must go through!
I am very proud of John E. Potter, the Postmaster General of the United States, for the 'Heroes' stamp, for calling us to commemorate the day with our moment of silence, and for ensuring that despite the actions of terrorists, the mail will go through.
Ben Franklin was the first US Postmaster General and was instrumental in ensuring the inclusion of the establishment of the Post Office in the US Constitution. Our Founders recognized the importance of the American Postal Service in UNITING our country. That same theme was carried through the Lincoln administration, when the President assured the nation that due to the importance of our UNITY, the mail would go through, despite all the political division and despite the war.
I am proud to be an American, proud to serve in this fine institution, and proud to be able to share this story with you all. More than any other feeling I have noted this day,and will cherish and seek to prolong, is this sense of UNITY I come away with....
I'm back!
Yes, they do. Thanks, Julie. :-)
You're welcome. It is a beautiful photograph of the twin towers. You are fortunate that you have been able to travel throughtout this country. I am always amazed when I hear someone say that they've never traveled outside of their state. There is SO much of America to see.
I would like to put your twin towers photo on my page, with credit to you as the photographer, of course. Would that be okay with you?
You rang?
PS -Sorry about the grammatical error in the text - 'was' shoulda been 'were', but I had changed the sentence around....I know those who luv me will overlook it! ( :
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