Osama bin Laden is dead. How could I not write about that? Writing about anything else but that today just seems superfluous. On the one hand I know what it is like to grieve and being happy about someone’s death, a family’s loss, seems callous. On the other hand, we’re talking about a man who orchestrated the deaths of thousands. So, hooray!
This is the largest single event since Eric. I know I would be talking to him about it were he still here. I’m sure we would relive our 9/11 memories (I was working in the hospital, he was working in Riyadh) and talk about where the world goes from here. I miss his unique perspective on things.
Personally I’m worried that bin Laden left instructions in case of his death. I hope our homeland security personnel and their equivalents around the world are paying attention.
I know what it is like to lose a good person. I hope no one else learns what this is like because of bin Laden anymore.
Liz, you said it so well. I, too, wonder what Dan would be saying right now.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the note, BTW. It made my morning.