Comments on: One Faithless, Fateful Moment

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:44:37 +0000

I so appreciate all of your thoughtful and soulful comments about what happened that day and what still lingers eight years later. I remember so clearly the feeling of connection and strength I gathered from strangers as we drove across the country – from Sacramento to Pennsylvania – two days after 9/11 because my husband and I were scheduled to fly home the morning of the attacks and along with thousands of people we were stranded in airports. He was in Tuscon and I was in Seattle and we both rented a car and met up in Sacramento so we could drive home together. We didn’t want to be alone, felt that overwhelming need to experience the grief of a nation side-by-side. At every rest stop, gas station or hotel we stopped at along the way, we were met by open arms and a feeling of inclusion. Fresh pots of coffee. Free muffins and fruit. One motel manager even gave up his office to a couple who’d been driving for 15 hours when there weren’t any more rooms left. We weren’t strangers then – we were joined together by a collective commonality of despair, loss, and a strange outpouring of hope.

By: Karen O'Bannon

Karen O'Bannon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:59:05 +0000

I doubt if there’s anyone who can’t remember where they were when they heard the shock of that day. And for weeks after most of us were glued to the tube reliving the day and crying our eyes out. This year as I watched part of the memorial service I saw much of that same saddness on the faces of those who lost loved ones. I’m praying for their peace.

By: Beverly Mahone

Beverly Mahone — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:07:59 +0000

I still think of 9/11 as a surreal moment. I was working in televisison news at the time and remember how many people I ened up talking to in our area who had lost a loved one or friend. it was heart-wrenching to hear their stories. Your post is a reminder of the many lives touched on that dreaful day.

By: Eileen Williams

Eileen Williams — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:07:49 +0000

What a lovely tribute to those who lost their lives on 9/11 eight years ago. Your words are so moving and heartfelt and you wrote the pain that many of us felt. Thank you for helping us to deal with this national day of remembrance.

By: Pam Archer

Pam Archer — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:54:31 +0000

That horrible day changed all of our lives, and we felt insecure, yet strong, as a nation. Though we will never forget those who lost their lives that day, nor the loved ones they left behind, I fear we have become complacent again.

For someone who lost their words, you certainly wrote some moving and profound ones here. :0)

By: Claudia L. Meydrech

Claudia L. Meydrech — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:55:24 +0000

This is my first visit to your blog, very beautiful post. We lived close enough to feel this in a deep way, an hour away, but not as deeply as those we know who were there, and were personally impacted due to the affect it had on my husband’s job. Things have never been quite the same since. I spend the day reflecting on all that has happened in honor of those who were lost, tend to do that with all special days of the year, then it is time to get on with living, and appreciating each day. ~claudia

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:22:59 +0000

Debra:
Sorrow and hope are sometimes intrinsically linked, and what changes one, changes the other. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and for remembering.

By: Evelyn

Evelyn — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:20:58 +0000

Thank you, Heidi, for taking the time to read this – it’s not the usual subject matter for my blog, but I so wanted to give voice to the day, and to not let the memory languish in some hazy, vague way that often happens when we try to forget the past. I agree – life is precious, and we need to embrace every moment – both the rapture and the sorrow.

By: Debra Stokes

Debra Stokes — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:46:30 +0000

Your words paint a poignant picture of sorrow and hope. Thank you for helping us to remember that day and how it has forever changed the lives of so many – including each of us, whether we know it or not.

By: Heidi Richards Mooney

Heidi Richards Mooney — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:29:20 +0000

Dear Evelyn,

Sometimes words cannot express what the heart feels. I am feeling that now reading your story.

Thank you for reminding us how precious life really is.

Let us celebrate all we have and all we are as we remember all we lost on that fateful day.

Heidi Richards Mooney, Publisher
WE Magazine for Women