No Television

Today, I’m glad we don’t watch television. I’m not ready. It’s one thing to hear it on the radio, but I am just not ready to see it again.

Five years ago I was in Organic Chemistry lab. My professor was Asian and although her English was typically perfect, in her excitement she was unintelligable. We didn’t understand what she said. She spent most of the lab out of the room, which wasn’t unusual.

I remember the building being nearly deserted that morning. I knew something was happening. As I had an afternoon class, I stayed on campus to save gas. I found a television tuned to the news in an empty classroom. I sat in stunned silence and watched the towers fall.

I don’t know when I’ll be ready to see it again. I don’t know if I ever will be. Today is not the day, for me.

God bless everyone this event touched.