September 11th...

This is an email I wrote to my Sis North on how I was feeling about the Third Anniversery of September 11th. It is un-edited and I was a complete and utter mess when I wrote it. The email really doesn't really have any great emotional thru-line or anything, except to show how that even though we are not part of the same worlds at time per se, that we are all Americans one and the same. Thus, when something like this happens, and the real meaning of life becomes evident, it levels the playing field between all of us.

We will mend, we will heal, but we are scarred and we will never ever forget....

RE: Good Lord!

I am a total mess right now, but, in the end, in a good way.

I totally recommend ESPN 25's take and montage on 9/11. It'll completely and utterly wreck ya, but it's done so well, and from the sports prospective that in the end, sports doesn't matter, and that atheletes or entertainers are not heroes. It was amazing to see the reactions of athletes and us Regualr Joes. And some of those photos, and moments post 9-11, atheltes praying together, the mariners won the pennent and then took an American Flag to the mound and prayed and cried, the now-deceased Joe Buck giving an amazing speech before the Cardinals game and there wasnt a dry eye in the house, the stopping of a heated Rangers-Flyers game to watch the President in absolute silence and then Shaking hands after the speech and the game like after playoffs, and watching NFL players crying and running onto the field with American Flags. Damnit, I am crying again. Either way the perspective and emotion involved is still totally amazing. One of the worst run on paragraphs I have ever written, but it's indicative of what's running around in my head.

Talk to you later,

The Moose

North's Response:

Actually, as paragraphs go, not so bad. I like the long list thing, because in general, I approve of streams of consciousness writing. Now, to cheer you up--go to my blog. It's interactive today!

See you in a few,

North