I was tagged by a couple of friends on Facebook. They bestowed upon me the “honor of copying all these goofy questions” and providing my own responses. After answering all…
. . .all over again when I think about it.
It was the summer of 1997. We were getting ready to leave for a relaxing vacation at our favorite destination, Pismo Beach. I was in the house finishing the laundry and packing suitcases. BigBob went to the garage to get the car ready.
So the boys, who were then 10 and 5 1/2 years old, went outside to play. I reminded them to stay on the quiet circle where our house was located and not go out onto the busies street with which it intersected. There are two entrances to the circle from the more heavily-trafficked thoroughfare and plenty of room between the two to ride bikes.
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. . . he hadn’t left us too soon?
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That’s what Alan Jackson asked us in song shortly after September 11, 2001.
Each year, the anniversary brings back the memories, images and sense of being unable to awaken from a horrifying nightmare.
For us Baby Boomers, there have been a lot of moments during our lives which cause us to periodically query each other about our memories and perceptions of world-altering events. Where were you when . . .
John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated?
Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated?
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
Nixon resigned?
John Lennon died?
Ronald Reagan was shot?
the space shuttle exploded?
the 1989 quake hit?
“Where were you when the first plane hit?” Note that no one ever asks quizzically, “What plane?”
I saw it coming, but made up my mind I would hold out until BigBob said something. And then, a few weeks ago, he asked the question: “Is there really…