In January of 1991 I was 12, and living in the house in Connecticut. That night, I was lying on my bed, listening to the radio and doing a word search. It came over the radio that we were bombing Baghdad. I knew about the invasion of Kuwait, but it still came as a surprise to me, and I spent the rest of the evening in front of the tv with my parents.
Last night I watched Angel, then when Jody flipped to the regular networks, we discovered that Something Had Happened. Another war had begun.
And lying in bed last night, for the first time since September of 2001, I didn’t feel safe.
Current song in my head:
“I Saw Her Again” by the Mamas & Papas