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Man. I've been so calloused to the meme-style, overly political and often war-justifying 9/11 stuff that floods my social media feeds every year that I haven't actually felt anything about it in a long time. I get frustrated with how people act as though the deaths of three thousand americans 14 years ago is somehow more significant than the suffering and deaths of millions around the world ever since (or, you know, right now).

This morning, though, I realized Jake and Elise don't know anything about 9/11 or even realize today is a "thing." Since they're in 3rd and 4th grade now I figured they were ready for a historical overview - for knowing that today is a Day for a lot of people in this country.

Damned if I did not cry excessively explaining it and then seemingly traumatize them forever. I didn't even go for broke (window jumpers, daycare in the building, scary graphic videos, etc), but to see it for the first time through their eyes is so awful. *sigh*

I see some of my friends posting things about, for instance, the Story Corps episode on 9/11 making them ugly-cry.

NOPE.