Well, it's September 11th again.

[conuly]

I'm more than twice as old now as when it happened. That's... wow. Angel's a senior in high school this year, same as I was. And somehow, though we seem to have stopped talking about it, the supposed "War on Terror" continues.

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[zhelana]

wow yeah I'm twice the age I was when it happened this year. I would have completely missed that fact if not ofr this post

[muninnhuginn]

No news--here in the UK--coverage of the anniversary is very strange. I'm sure there's usually something. The pandemic is too all-encompassing, I suppose.

[thewayne]

Yeah, that's what happens when you declare war on a concept rather than an absolute target.

[mama_kestrel]

My son was a toddler in day care on the first floor of my office building. I went down to hug the stuffing out of him. Now he's a grown man engaged to be married.

[conuly]

Scary stuff. But congrats all the same!

[silveradept]

Endless military exercises in far off lands is an excellent way of making sure there isn't any money for helping anyone but the people who can buy politicians at home.

[conuly]

Stupid waste of money if you ask me.

[crystalpyramid]

Oh, huh, I hadn't realized we were that close in age. (Or that Angel had gotten so old, the years really have slipped by!)

Senior-in-high-school me was such an ignorant creature, hundreds of miles away from the terrified cities.

[conuly]

I sometimes sit back and reflect that if Jenn were able to go back in time to when our mother was the same age she is now, Mommy would be utterly unable to give her any parenting advice whatsoever.

Jenn is turning 41, and she has a 12th and 10th grader (as of a week from now). At that same age, my mother's two kids were leaving the 1st and 5th grades. (Jenn and I are only 3 years apart in age, but due to being born at opposite ends of the year we had an extra grade between us in school.)