mojo.jojo

MadNess of MoJo JoJo
2002-09-02 09:36:22 (UTC)

It's September 2002

My mind is very clear of the events of last year. I will
never forget where I was when I found out the World Trade
Center and Pentagon were hit and the plane crash in PA. The
more I read up on the terrorists the more I get angry at
the government for not preventing such attacks. I can only
hope that nothing like this will EVER happen again. It's so
sad and tragic...so many children lost their parents, so
many people lost children, so many people lost loved ones!
I remember sitting on the couch glued to the TV all day
holding my daughter in my arms and just crying. Wondering
how such horrible events could take place. I feared for my
daughter's future. I still do. But I am not allowing that
fear to cripple me. I will go on with my life and continue
to do the things that I have been doing. I will just be
more vigilant of where I am.

I think of the pettiness of the past, I think of the family
fights, the stupid things my husband and I have fought over
and it's really not worth it. We have to love one another
and just keep things in perspective. You never know when
you are going to die...that really hit me hard when my
uncle passed away on December 15th of last year. Still
reeling from the events of September 11th, we didn't expect
(of course!) anything would happen to our family...but it
did. My 32 year old uncle, the baby of the family, was in
an accident. Later on we found out he had a stroke which
made him lose control of the tow truck he was driving,
sending it over the highway overpass onto its belly. Then
seeing my uncle for the last time in the casket. Of course,
I wonder how my grandparents (who are both still alive) are
still handling this. I try to make an effort to spend more
time with them and just support them. They need family
right now. Grandma keeps herself wrapped up in work, and
Grandpa's suffering from lung cancer and just trying to
better his health. I just keep my thoughts as positive as
possible for them both. On Memorial Day we took flags and
flowers to my uncle's grave, as well as my 3 cousins
graves. I do miss my uncle...I miss him very much. We
weren't close, but the last memories I have of him will
forever put a smile on my face. We were sitting around
joking, pulling our shirts over our heads like Beavis &
Butthead and saying, "I am the Great Cornholio!". My uncle
was a kid at heart. It just doesn't seem real. You just
never know anymore.

With that I close for now, and hope that next time I can be
a little more upbeat.

~J (AKA MoJo JoJo)




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