tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post8342524309190880410..comments2023-11-12T14:12:54.120+00:00Comments on the rain in my purse: nov. 22SarahJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-15126329660750761682007-11-25T09:42:00.000+00:002007-11-25T09:42:00.000+00:00The only reason I think I always remember is becau...The only reason I think I always remember is because it's right before my birthday. Loved your memories. Somehow I remember the aftermath of Okla. City but not the thing itself. When they killed mcveigh, i was surprised to hear my usually very liberal father say nobody would shed any tears over that, and i couldn't have agreed more.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19630688.post-31672399160104263842007-11-24T22:34:00.000+00:002007-11-24T22:34:00.000+00:00How strange that it wasn't even mentioned this yea...How strange that it wasn't even mentioned this year.<BR/><BR/>I think this is the first year I can recall that the Zapruder footage wasn't played to death everywhere.<BR/><BR/>I was waiting tables when the Challenger exploded.<BR/><BR/>I was cleaning an elderly woman's house when the bomb went off and tore the federal building apart in Oklahoma city.<BR/><BR/>Come, look at this, she said, holding her little black dog, Molly. Come look at this. This can't be real.<BR/><BR/>I was walking out the door on the way to French class minutes before the second tower was hit.<BR/><BR/>I was sitting out on the terrace conjugating French verbs when the towers fell.<BR/><BR/>I was asleep in my bed when my father fell to the floor and never got up again.<BR/><BR/>Just weeks before, my father had told me after the towers fell: Don't worry, Laurel, it's not the end of the world.<BR/><BR/>You're a year older than me. A year and a month. Happy birthday early. Whenever it is, happy birthday.LKDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02171027823523187126noreply@blogger.com