I have WHAT in my yard? :
9/11 was a rough day for me and it is seared in my memory. I did not lose anyone that day (spent hours worried sick but they were both safe.)
But I have lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So MIL and her church are having their church picnic at MIL's house that day. Somehow, I am uncomfortable with this.
I promised her I would attend and help with this. Hosting a picnic this big is a huge burden she takes on voluntarily every year.
But, I don't know how they overlooked the anniversary. I am sure there will be some prayer or something in honor of, etc but.....
Am I being over sensitive?
I would say...yes. 9/11 just happens to fall on a Sunday this year, so it's natural that many people will be attending church and church type functions on this date this year. The world doesn't come halt on the anniversary of tragedy and I rather like the fact that this is so, particularly about Americans. We are survivors. I'm sure that prayers will be offered about the event and that is a type of memorializing as well.
We were all affected by the event in some way or other, small or big, and I don't think I know one family that doesn't have a relative fighting overseas right now....but thinking a church picnic is just insensitive to these facts is a little nitpicky. I notice that many people go to work, shopping, to movies, have weddings, birthdays, etc. on this date and not a word is said about their insensitivity to the date of this event. Let a church plan a picnic and they are suddenly just not sensitive or not giving the date the proper respect?
Life goes on and that is somehow the lesson we need to learn from the whole thing anyway....they didn't destroy us and we still have the freedom to have something as sweetly hometown pure as a church picnic. The freedom to practice our religion is one of the things many have died for and is a fitting memorial to those who have been lost in that effort.
9/11 was a rough day for me and it is seared in my memory. I did not lose anyone that day (spent hours worried sick but they were both safe.)
But I have lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So MIL and her church are having their church picnic at MIL's house that day. Somehow, I am uncomfortable with this.
I promised her I would attend and help with this. Hosting a picnic this big is a huge burden she takes on voluntarily every year.
Am I being over sensitive?
I would say...yes. 9/11 just happens to fall on a Sunday this year, so it's natural that many people will be attending church and church type functions on this date this year. The world doesn't come halt on the anniversary of tragedy and I rather like the fact that this is so, particularly about Americans. We are survivors. I'm sure that prayers will be offered about the event and that is a type of memorializing as well.
We were all affected by the event in some way or other, small or big, and I don't think I know one family that doesn't have a relative fighting overseas right now....but thinking a church picnic is just insensitive to these facts is a little nitpicky. I notice that many people go to work, shopping, to movies, have weddings, birthdays, etc. on this date and not a word is said about their insensitivity to the date of this event. Let a church plan a picnic and they are suddenly just not sensitive or not giving the date the proper respect?
Life goes on and that is somehow the lesson we need to learn from the whole thing anyway....they didn't destroy us and we still have the freedom to have something as sweetly hometown pure as a church picnic. The freedom to practice our religion is one of the things many have died for and is a fitting memorial to those who have been lost in that effort.
