So there was this day...

All things considered,a fairly average day. Thinking along the lines of just trudging through.
Until.
This was the day, and I didn't even know it. Last Friday was when my mom decided to confirm the silly notion that my Daddy wasn't biologically mine. It's got me spinning a bit, even though it's been a running joke forever.
So.... I can't get the time away to myself to process this. I'm being watched for reaction in some ways. I can't say I'm surprised, but after 40 years and being with Dad through his dying months, I guess I got comfy.The mystery surrounding my birth has been a joke for a while...based mostly on the fact that I'm entirely too analytical for my own good.
I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Just driving down the road and the world was suddenly different. Mmmkay... Soooooooooo.
I didn't grow up thinking I was adopted, or having some dusty old picture of a father is never know. I grew up with a flesh and blood Dad. With all his flaws and imperfections.
Most of all, he was my Daddy. Every day. No one in my family ever treated me like I wasn't part of them. All my suspicions were for very different reasons. Just that underlying current of energy that something didn't fit.
So now I know. I even know who WAS biologically responsible.
So now what?

Ok...This won't be AS wordy as the last one....

Ok, in my excitement about Fantasy Eff Off Friday a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a totally rambly post, which I intended to edit - but ran out of time due to hubby's change in my plans.... so I first have to say, I didn't intend on a novel there (although topic is certainly deserving).

Today? I'll keep it shorter...or whatever...although AGAIN.... topic? Deserving of proportionate response that would keep you reading for days...
But I'm giving a HUGE Eff Off today to the people who just don't understand that history MATTERS...

It's that simple.

9/11/2001 mattered.

April 19, 1995 mattered.

Every day that people lose loved ones in a senseless fashion matters. These dates are just known for the impact they made nationwide.... You think we should just let the past go...we shouldn't focus on the negative...we perpetuate the effect by BRINGING IT UP?

It's that simple. Take some time, look at the way that YOUR world would be impacted by a sudden and complete annihilation  of your world, One that the entire world watched happen, that you see reminders of EVERYWHERE whether you want to or not... How would you POSSIBLY just suck it up and move on?
It mattered. It will always matter.

So don't ask those of us who DO get that it mattered NOT to honor the memory of the events.

We will never forget. We don't even want to try.

So those of you who feel like it's overkill to have all the memorials, the mentions, to watch the coverage of the survivors and the families and how they cope? There will never be ENOUGH memorials to the people who are killed because someone, somewhere, believes that they have the right to MURDER people in the name of an idea, or a belief. There is no excuse. Collateral Damage MATTERS...

For these people, I honestly don't have the urge to abbreviate

Fuck Off....