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I was just sent this by my mom as a reminder of what we were feeling a year a. It is something I wrote to my friends and family after our country was rocked by terrorism.
Dear Family and Friends,
I am filled with so many emotions right now, as I'm sure most of you are. The shock, disbelief, anger,and sadness is overwhelming. I am horribly aware of the level of hate directed at my nation. It is a personal feeling.
I have been watching the news, glued to it with the rest of the country, watching pictures of the culmination of years of hatred. My first reaction was fear, then sadness, then the frenzy of finding family members and friends. Then the anger hit me. I felt hatred. It's not a pleasant feeling. I felt brought low, down to the level of my country's attackers. Hatred compromises my integrity, my pride in in being an American. It destroys more quickly than any terrorist attack.
Hatred is not the answer, my friends. The answer is solidarity, faith in God, pride in country, in our allies. We must look to each other for support in this time of tragedy. We must be strong and stalwart for each other, for our children.
I look at my daughter Madison, holding her. What will I tell her about this day? How does one explain a hatred of this magnitude? The answers aren't apparent to me. I do not understand. I don't want to open myself to the explanation of it. I will focus on my fellow man.
I will be praying for you, for your families. I will be praying that this tragedy will bring us closer, that our differences will be celebrated, that hate will not make a home in our hearts. I will be praying for our solidarity.
We are all directly affected by this, whether physically, psychologically, emotionally or spiritually. My thoughts are with those that are in the thick of it that have not had the time to take stock of themselves. Support the medical staff, our men and women in the armed forces, our government, each other. Let us be the community we once were.
I will be ever changed by this crisis. I will endeavor to teach my daughter solidarity, pride in country, support of my fellow man. Join me in example, in the teaching of our children.
My support, and prayers for all that were touched by the fingers of hate this day,
Melanie
I was just sent this by my mom as a reminder of what we were feeling a year a. It is something I wrote to my friends and family after our country was rocked by terrorism.
Dear Family and Friends,
I am filled with so many emotions right now, as I'm sure most of you are. The shock, disbelief, anger,and sadness is overwhelming. I am horribly aware of the level of hate directed at my nation. It is a personal feeling.
I have been watching the news, glued to it with the rest of the country, watching pictures of the culmination of years of hatred. My first reaction was fear, then sadness, then the frenzy of finding family members and friends. Then the anger hit me. I felt hatred. It's not a pleasant feeling. I felt brought low, down to the level of my country's attackers. Hatred compromises my integrity, my pride in in being an American. It destroys more quickly than any terrorist attack.
Hatred is not the answer, my friends. The answer is solidarity, faith in God, pride in country, in our allies. We must look to each other for support in this time of tragedy. We must be strong and stalwart for each other, for our children.
I look at my daughter Madison, holding her. What will I tell her about this day? How does one explain a hatred of this magnitude? The answers aren't apparent to me. I do not understand. I don't want to open myself to the explanation of it. I will focus on my fellow man.
I will be praying for you, for your families. I will be praying that this tragedy will bring us closer, that our differences will be celebrated, that hate will not make a home in our hearts. I will be praying for our solidarity.
We are all directly affected by this, whether physically, psychologically, emotionally or spiritually. My thoughts are with those that are in the thick of it that have not had the time to take stock of themselves. Support the medical staff, our men and women in the armed forces, our government, each other. Let us be the community we once were.
I will be ever changed by this crisis. I will endeavor to teach my daughter solidarity, pride in country, support of my fellow man. Join me in example, in the teaching of our children.
My support, and prayers for all that were touched by the fingers of hate this day,
Melanie
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