Netta,
I just posted, but it didn't take. So, let me try again.
It's been a crazy summer! I got back from Europe, and one sister got married, the other had a baby. My family from Jordan (dad, stepmom, sister, and 2 brothers) came to the USA for the summer. My father is still here. My Gram came for a visit, had a stroke, and is still here with my mother caring for her. It's just been crazy.
I still have your email addy. I hope you have mine. I'm worried about my dad going back home. I'm worried about my family in Jordan, they are so close to all of this. I want them to all come back here.
I wish therre was something you all could do to help these crimes against Arabs, Muslems, and everyone else who even looks close to being Middle Eastern. It's just horrible. The only thing I can say is....help educate everyone you possibly can. Deb cut and pasted a thread I posted in another forum. It's in this folder marked "Someone elses view...Please Read". After she told me she posted it here, I worte a follow up and posted a link. Follow that link. Educate yourself on as many facts as possible and spread the word. This won't change what has happened, but it may, just may help change the perspective of some. Or at the very least, help them to understand why these cowards did what they did. Their actions were wrong...horribly wrong...but we must look at why they did this. We must protect oursevles from this happening again, and arm ourselves with knowledge...
Thanks for all of your support, and please know that not all Arabs, Muslems, or other Middle Easterners are happy about this tragedy, nor do they support it.
Thanks again, Mireille
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