Tag Archives: 9/11

For Many, ‘Never Forget’ Is No Longer About The Lives We Lost

Most Of You Can’t Name Five People Who Died On 9/11 Without Looking It Up Five years ago, I got scolded at by a now former friend. September 11th had gone by and I had not posted anything about it on Facebook. This made her angry. I “always post stuff about everything else,” but sheContinue reading “For Many, ‘Never Forget’ Is No Longer About The Lives We Lost”

I’m Surprised You’re Surprised Youth Aren’t Taking COVID-19 Seriously

Beaten Down And Brought Up In The Face Of Terrorism, Climate Change And Guns, A Virus Seems Far Less Scary I was a sophomore in high school when Dylan Kleboid and Eric Harris murdered 13 people at Columbine High School in Colorado. When I came into school on the morning of April 21, 1999, theContinue reading “I’m Surprised You’re Surprised Youth Aren’t Taking COVID-19 Seriously”

From Lockdown, A Letter To My 11-Year Old Self About Witnessing History

I’ve always wanted to be a part of history, and fate intervened to give me what I wanted, good and hard. When I was a child, I would watch and read the news and see all the historical events happening around the world and wish I was there. In fact, I got my start asContinue reading “From Lockdown, A Letter To My 11-Year Old Self About Witnessing History”