Comments on Amelia's Passion: Updates - Further Thoughts From My Review

This is a wonderful post, Amelia. Thank you for s...

2009-07-24T06:52:05.960-07:00

This is a wonderful post, Amelia. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Your dad is a true hero, please thank him for all he did at the WTC site. I hope he is okay and the surgery helped him a lot.
I'm a fellow NY'er (I'm living in Brooklyn) and 9/11 feels like yesterday to me, not 8 years ago. I'm not sure I could read this memoir, although some day I'd like to. I watched one of the WTC movies and that was really rough. It makes me so sad to think what the people in the WTC went through that day and what their family and friends are still going through. Thank you for sharing your thoughts about this memoir.
Amy
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Hi Amelia - Just stopping by to check on you. Hope...

2007-05-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

Hi Amelia - Just stopping by to check on you. Hope all is going well! Miss your posts :)

Like so many others who have commented, I'm at a l...

2007-05-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

Like so many others who have commented, I'm at a loss as to what to say. Perhaps there are no words that could ever express all that we feel about such a horrific event. My thoughts and prayers are with your family, including your dad.

Hi Amelia...I'm so sorry to read how 9/11 has affe...

2007-05-09T09:51:00.000-07:00

Hi Amelia...I'm so sorry to read how 9/11 has affected your family. Especially your dad. I pray his health improves... hugs.

What a beautiful, touching and heartfelt post. I ...

2007-04-08T20:36:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful, touching and heartfelt post. I hope your father improves; it seems so wrong that someone who went to help should suffer ruined health as a consequence. As others have said, it was hard enough just seeing the buildings collapse on TV; I can't imagine having lived through the sight, much less having to deal with the aftermath.

Hugs and prayers to you and your family.

First time reader here, and I just had to say what...

2007-04-06T16:41:00.000-07:00

First time reader here, and I just had to say what a moving, heartfelt post this is. Thank you for the reminder of what is precious and important.

As an ex-pat American, I know exactly what you mean when you still feel the effects of that day. I nearly lost a friend in the World Trade Center, and that rocked me hard enough.

My heart goes out to those like your dad who gave of himself to help out in such a tragedy, and who is still dealing with the after effects. *hugs* to you and yours.

Amelia, I just dropped in to say that I nominated ...

2007-04-05T15:44:00.000-07:00

Amelia, I just dropped in to say that I nominated you for the Thinking Blogger Award. I look forward to seeing your list.

WOW! I don't know what to say. I am so sorry. H...

2007-04-03T05:51:00.000-07:00

WOW! I don't know what to say. I am so sorry. HUGS!

The health of those working that day is a gigantic secret in the news. Ya know you rarely hear about it. Wishing your dad the best.

Really insightful, touching, blog posting Amelia.W...

2007-04-02T21:33:00.000-07:00

Really insightful, touching, blog posting Amelia.
What [to me] makes the events you are describing all the more sobering is the profound conviction that the Taliban [who oppress women, among doing numerous other completely immoral & irrational things] and the extremists who flew their suicide bombs into the Towers while inflicting their irrationality upon all the innocent people in the planes and buildings.... all of this was done with the profound feeling that God was honored [pleased] in their actions.
Absurdity.
But WORSE than absurdity.
Thinking I am Bugs Bunny is absurdity.... and almost funny.
But what we are talking about here goes far beyond absurdity.
It is ATROCITY.

Amelia, I'm feeling very much like Joy. Completely...

2007-04-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

Amelia, I'm feeling very much like Joy. Completely at a loss for words. And after all I've experienced in the past couple of years, I thought I had learned how to be a better listener when it comes to such horrific tragedies as this. I can only say that I am thinking of your dad and hope that all goes well with his surgery. I can't imagine how it must have been for him to be right there in the midst of all that destruction. And for your husband to have seen one of the Towers collapse. Just watching it on tv was awful enough.

I can say that losing a family member really puts things into perspective. I no longer get upset about "the little things" in life. Or even the big things. I've learned to let go of my controlling nature simply because as much as we'd like, we can't control life and its tragedies. And, I never ever forget to tell those I love that I love them. Every single day I see or speak to them.

How sad--I hope your Dad is okay. He must have se...

2007-03-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

How sad--I hope your Dad is okay. He must have seen horrendous things. What is sad is that I think that things are deteriorating once again in Afghanistan. They don't seem to talk much about it on the news anymore, though. And it is disgusting how some women are treated in some countries!

In last days my time to run very fast!!I haven't ...

2007-03-30T07:29:00.000-07:00

In last days my time to run very fast!!
I haven't leisure.

But I will to read yours latest news postes.

I'm speechless and sorry. I've been sitting here ...

2007-03-29T16:30:00.000-07:00

I'm speechless and sorry.

I've been sitting here for quite some time and really don't know what to say. This is a very deep post. My heart is saddened.

I appreciate the reminder to keep our focus on what we have and to not take it for granted.