story20546.xml

story20546.xml

born-digital

story

yes

no

2006-09-11

Morning had begun with the clear blue skies
over Northern California, and my three school age
kids were in motion to follow through their sharing
of the upstairs shower,with the sounds of 'hurry up
and 'I'm waiting from teens voices of I'm important
too,and will soon be late if you don't hurry and get
done tone.....'My second oldest was saying 'there has
been a terrible accident, the airplane just hit a
building in New York City', and her anticipation was heard
in her breaths,though I urged her on to get through a
normal day no matter what is happening on TV.....a few
minutes later- all were engulfed of the second instance
of the airplane [no 2] hitting the opposite building in
New York City,' where it too was directly hitting the
building at such heights- it must be an accident,as now
I question myself, two airplanes, in the same day..............................................WE all
completed our morning attending the school routes, and
I told them if there was an emergency, then I will be
at home waiting for anything anyone needed...........
[Subsequent Events]
The local Junior HIgh School unraveled hatred
youth upon youth a few days later, as my youngest
came home saying that certain groups were claiming
their relatives are responsible for the deaths of those
at the WORLD TRADE CENTER. Other kids were upset,that
how can these groups of kids be allowed to be at the
local school when such hideous crimes of the World Trade
Center, is having a unisex of conundrum follies where
teen boys are fighting outside,inside,on the parking lots,
and on streets, that once was everyone shared in harmony
only a few days before. Everyone is so out of the ordinary,
but was it true that there are those in our own country that would be related,or elated while so many others
suffered? No appeasement wore on at the local Junior High
School, and the different groups at the Junior High School
emerged like soldiers in the battlefields separate
and conquer to battle a battle so new,yet paralleled
its life in a newness felt by everyone sharing its own breaths.
Those whom wore their turbans, were being given specific
attention, while the American youth were not shown
any conditions new or absolved by the ignorance lashed
out by those that wished harm onto the innocent, that
youth can't become entangled at this age-now can they?
My teen son said 'Mom,you just don't know.' He refused
to talk about it later.
Fights and violence of all levels became the norm, and the differences of all nationalities of youth at the school
earmarked the future of California growing like new
gardens in a field where the sun brings out the best
for a garden to grow.
The two parallel worlds of Democracy and the World
away of the Mideast landed on our own doorsteps for
the different education, the different rules each follows,
and the different ideals of life and human understanding
that are echoing on the minds of the children,and the
future of American minds nationwide.
Why?
The 50 year reigns of previous torment our own fathers
brought to a mutual agreement is now burning bright
on the American forefront even these 5 years later.
Why?
Another generation awaits for its own leaders,parents,
and the government that says it has the highest technology
to protect the innocent, where our own teens ask how
can this happen?
They deserve answers, yet they too, have donated the
highest honor of all, many have donated their 17,18 yr
old lives to a battle that is untamed and relentless
these 5 years later.
While the hatred of America looms forwards, it shows
the American families so many questions all these years
later.