tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post3922803700032734763..comments2023-10-28T06:54:44.019-04:00Comments on ad broad: hijacked on 9/11: childhoodAd Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-8628727484881144712009-09-14T18:18:10.446-04:002009-09-14T18:18:10.446-04:00@Teenie I hope you have an easier time than Betty ...@Teenie I hope you have an easier time than Betty Draper ;)<br /><br />@Bob Hoffman Thanks and welcome back! Things weren't the same around here without you ;)Ad Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-77350120185508981792009-09-14T13:10:46.838-04:002009-09-14T13:10:46.838-04:00I had given up on Ad Broad. Every post seemed to b...I had given up on Ad Broad. Every post seemed to be about either Mad Men or Twitter.<br /><br />Then I read your 9/11 post. I'm back.bob hoffmanhttp://www.adcontrarian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-57217004769557499592009-09-14T09:50:54.760-04:002009-09-14T09:50:54.760-04:00Last work day is tomorrow and then I'm on 3-we...Last work day is tomorrow and then I'm on 3-week watch. How time flies! And that's not just a euphemism--it's never felt so true in my life.Teeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943312952246047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-81150419830601694662009-09-12T07:56:51.247-04:002009-09-12T07:56:51.247-04:00@J9 I'm glad for your kids that they were so y...@J9 I'm glad for your kids that they were so young that day, too. But yes, the aftermath. No one's escaped that. <br /><br />@Teenie Thanks for reading and your generous words. Thinking of you as you near the reality of motherhood. Or have you already crossed that finish line?<br /><br />@California Girl What a touching story about your Dad. Thanks for sharing that. Yes, I see what your therapist means. Hopefully my daughter will make time for that.<br /><br />@Jake P. Thanks for the read and for taking the time to comment here.Ad Broad, oldest working writer in advertisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505122645106322698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-38243135909783234642009-09-12T06:15:52.669-04:002009-09-12T06:15:52.669-04:00Powerful stuff, ad broad.Powerful stuff, ad broad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01701815231353263575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-41788731787096363452009-09-11T17:16:50.186-04:002009-09-11T17:16:50.186-04:00That is a painful story and, as a parent, I empath...That is a painful story and, as a parent, I empathize. I know what my Buddhist therapist would say...she will, some day, need to deal with it in order to set it free. As I learn to deal with pent up emotions, anger and loss, I begin to understand what he means by that. My son doesn't deal with nor wish to speak of things that deeply bother him, yet I know some day he will have to (I hope) if only to understand his own emotional needs. <br /><br />As a somewhat relatable aside, the morning of 9-11, I received a phone call in N.H. from my father in CA. He was 91 at the time. He was crying. He thought the U.S. had been invaded and attacked. It was Pearl Harbor again. I'd never heard him cry about WWII before but he did that day and many days after. I guess that's what my therapist means.<br /><br />Good luck with it.California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-45903379274677708082009-09-11T14:39:58.994-04:002009-09-11T14:39:58.994-04:00Thank you for sharing that. It's a very touchi...Thank you for sharing that. It's a very touching story... about the towers and what happened that day, and about mothers and daughters, too.Teeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943312952246047448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828158097601815711.post-83445691471523339632009-09-11T13:33:15.308-04:002009-09-11T13:33:15.308-04:00I am partly glad that my oldest was less than a ye...I am partly glad that my oldest was less than a year old at the time, and my youngest wasn't yet born. They were asked to wear Red White and Blue to school today, but not told why. We talked about it this morning, but I couldn't get into detail, to tell them the whole story, nor ask them what they thought. So one wore RWB, and the other didn't. The events that day haven't directly affected them, but the aftermath has.J9https://www.blogger.com/profile/03910637383968387023noreply@blogger.com