tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post6622035925948297342..comments2024-03-28T12:12:29.813-07:00Comments on The Burrow: On September 11thAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-74907397812696928482011-09-13T13:39:52.171-07:002011-09-13T13:39:52.171-07:00Thank AB, that is a wonderful poem. I watched the ...Thank AB, that is a wonderful poem. I watched the service on Sunday - or at least tried to. Even 10 years on it's still so raw - felt almost guilty that I couldn't sit and listen to all the names. That I owed them that much. One day I'll get across to New York and visit the memorial. We won't forget.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-5925309475640860342011-09-12T18:21:03.052-07:002011-09-12T18:21:03.052-07:00One of the aspects of this horrible mess that most...One of the aspects of this horrible mess that most bothers me are the thousands upon thousands of innocents who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan because people who used false words and fear propped up by the memory of all those folks mentioned by Billy Collins to justify hatred and more violence and to use up all the coming together that the tragedy had brought out in us. Sigh, indeed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608775428899775165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-13666019379174563122011-09-12T16:47:44.867-07:002011-09-12T16:47:44.867-07:00AB, that is a great response from a child and one ...AB, that is a great response from a child and one that my daughter will understand. Thank you for sharing it. <br /><br />I was thinking about Billy Collins on my way home tonight and how his poem was so personal. He included the names of those that were lost and to me that said so much about him as a person. He chose to get to know the people he was talking about. That in itself is amazing.MShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622415628314992252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-76904079074675296342011-09-12T14:33:45.409-07:002011-09-12T14:33:45.409-07:00Then we must follow Billy's example and always...Then we must follow Billy's example and always use our words.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-86381269208021183952011-09-12T07:58:15.064-07:002011-09-12T07:58:15.064-07:00My favorite response to "why" came from ...My favorite response to "why" came from a child's handwritten note at the memorial outside the hospital in January. It said "I am sorry that someone did not use his words to solve his problems"<br /><br />Sigh.....<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-38629213895650089542011-09-12T07:35:56.570-07:002011-09-12T07:35:56.570-07:00So amazing and thanks for sharing Billy Collins...So amazing and thanks for sharing Billy Collins' poem. Yesterday was too painful to watch any of the commentary. So I watched a movie with my children and we played and I hugged them tight and told them how much I loved them. <br /><br />Hubby had on the commentary last night (I turned my head and walked out of the room) and my nine year-old asked about it and why someone would do such a thing. I was seven months pregnant with her when 9/11 happened. Hubby was in Frankfurt and I felt all alone and scared living in Washington, DC. I tried to explain this to her without scaring her, but she still has a lot of questions. I have a hard time coming to grips with it myself and it's hard explaining to a nine year-old that there are people that don't like us and want to hurt us. That's the best way I could explain it. +<br /><br />Sending you a virtual hug.<br /><br /><br />Megan xxxMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622415628314992252noreply@blogger.com