Comments on: When September Ends

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:54:20 +0000

In reply to lwidmer. Exactly. Politics has become a game, each party feels it must win at all costs. That's why I remain stubbornly independent.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 14:25:51 +0000

In reply to Paula Hendrickson.

They don’t get it, Paula. We’re tired of hearing how “awful” the other person is, then the call for us to “come together” when one of them gets elected. Really? You’ve spent the last two years or more telling us what horrible people that side is or this side is, and now you think one sentence will unite us?

It’s why I hate politics — no responsibility taken for the divisiveness they promote.

By: Paula Hendrickson

Paula Hendrickson — Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:41:41 +0000

And here I was wondering if the plane that went down in Pennsylvania was near you, Lori. So much life lost, for no reason. Sorry about your cousin, but am happy Cathy’s cousin couldn’t make the morning flight.

A couple election cycles ago I let a few politicians know I would not vote for anyone whose ads focus less on their achievements than on their opponents’ faults. Guess none of them listened. Typical politicians.

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 13:00:15 +0000

In reply to Cathy Miller. LOL Absolutely no one. :)

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:55:46 +0000

In reply to lwidmer. Would there be anyone left? :-)

By: lwidmer

lwidmer — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:44:09 +0000

In reply to Cathy Miller. Cathy, I do remember your telling this in the past, and it's a good reminder of just how random life can be. Like you, I wonder where our unity has gone. The hate being generated now (and frankly, every election cycle) is shameful. We should refuse to vote for ANY candidate who resorts to that.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:13:30 +0000

So sorry for your cousin’s loss. So many sad stories to share and those by the grace of God stories. A distant cousin’s wife wrote for the LA Times sports department. She was in New York covering the U.S. Open. It ended two days earlier so I was sure she was back home. Her column came out a few days after 9/11. In it, she shared how her bosses asked her to stay in New York an extra day to cover some other sports event.

She wrote how she is notorious morning hater and has a difficult time getting up early. For that reason, she booked two flights for 9/11. The first was American Flight 11. The second was later in the day . She planned on the morning one because she just wanted to get home as she had been away awhile. By the grace of God, she did not get on that morning flight – on the first plane to hit the World Trade Center.

I gasped aloud as I read her story and quickly emailed her and thanked her for not being a morning person. Remember 9/11. Remember how for a time, we stood together. Where did that unity go?