So...
Here are the things I lied to my children about on the day of the tornados:
Here are the things I lied to my children about on the day of the tornados:
Lie:
The tornadoes aren't close to us.
Truth:
Eight people lost their lives in my county.
Two hundred and forty six in my state.
Lie:
The house will keep up safe if the tornados come.
Truth:
No house could have protected the people in the path of some of those tornadoes.
Lie:
We just get in the bathroom because it's good practice if we are ever in a real tornado.
Truth:
We get in the bathroom and I lay on them with a mattress because inside I'm weak and quivery and freaking out.
The truth is April 27 was a very sad day for our state and nation.
It just doesn't feel right to blog about funny things yet.
Remember the first Saturday Night Live after September 11?
Everyone talked about whether or not they should be joking after something so horrific.
Everyone talked about whether or not they should be joking after something so horrific.
Giuliani opened the show with Lorne Michaels.
He gave a great monologue and then Michaels asked him:
"Can we be funny?"
and Guiliani said:
"Why start now?"
That was funny.
The tornados and their aftermath are not.
He gave a great monologue and then Michaels asked him:
"Can we be funny?"
and Guiliani said:
"Why start now?"
That was funny.
The tornados and their aftermath are not.
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Hmm. I've already submitted a humorous account of our tornado experience. In bad taste, maybe, but I did have a serious introductory paragraph about how it was a horrible day and I don't mean to make light of the suffering still going on b/c of it. I feel like a bad citizen.
ReplyDeleteNo way! You're account was perfect! I wrote this the day of the tornadoes. Your dog is cited for bad citizenship for his...er...problems. You aren't!
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