Hi Elaine,
I can't say I know what you're going through, because everyone's loss is different. But being a native New Yorker, having gone to NYU during September 11, and working now on Wall St., I can certainly empathize. Right after the attacks, we all tried so hard to get back into our normal routine so that "the terrorists wouldn't win." That alone provided powerful incentive to move on with our daily lives. But a natural disaster is different- no one's talking about "beating" Katrina; people are just trying to survive. I heard an evacuee this morning on Good Morning America talk about how he just wants to get back to work and to some sort of normalcy. Hearing his positive attitude really reminded me of how happy we all were to return to school after 9/11 and how great it was to start putting the pieces back together. So I guess that's the point of my long-winded post today: after a tragedy, nothing is ever the same but you come to a "new" normal. Life marches on, there's rebuilding to be done and Diet Coke to be sipped!!
You know, that's a great point. Returning to some sort of normalcy is a point of healing. I can see that perhaps it is a good thing that people try to go back to their normal lives... but the "we can't forget" and "we shouldn't ignore" attitudes should stay alive. After all, rebuilding will take a collective effort and the Gulf Coast needs us.
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