Mailing List:2001-09-20 02, Re: Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 221, by Maureen Cooley
Mailing List Archives > 2001-09-20 02, Re: Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 221, by Maureen Cooley
From: "Maureen" <abc -at- empire.net> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 #221 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 03:17:29 -0400 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <abc -at- empire.net> To: <WHITNEY-L-request -at- rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:50 AM Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 #221 > Hi, my name is Maureen. > I think it was simply horrible what was done to us on last Tuesday. There > were many innocent people killed. We cannot make sense of it because it was > so senseless. > We have not been burdened in this country with wars. > It seems to me that years ago the REVELATIONS in the bible hold many of the > secrets of the end times. > It is time to get our house in order. > love from, > Maureen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BCofer612 -at- aol.com> > To: <WHITNEY-L -at- rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:55 AM > Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Re: WHITNEY-D Digest V01 #221 > > > > Rose Zella, I'm taking your letter at face value, and writing this letter. > I > > hope you really meant it. > > > > I live in MO now, but am a native New Yorker. That's where I was born and > > brought up. Until the death of my mother several years ago, there have > > always been family members (both my mother's and my father's sides) in New > > York City. They were there before it became New York City, and many > were > > there before it was New Amsterdam. (Had some very early Dutch ancestors.) > > > > Although I haven't lived in New York for many years, it's still a big part > of > > me. All my growing up was done there, all my earliest memories are > there, > > all our family traditions are there, most family members are buried in > > various cemeteries there, several in the churchyard of Trinity Church, > which > > was built on land partially donated by one of our Huguenot ancestors. > Deep > > roots?? You betcha! > > > > Still, I really had no idea, when I first heard the news last Tuesday > > morning, that I'd react in the way that I have. I physically can NOT stop > w > > atching every bit of it on TV. Even though one of my daughters was > married > > last Saturday (the 15th), I managed to watch for a little while between > the > > wedding and the reception. It's not "morbid fascination"; it's more a > > consuming, unending rage and the deepest sorrow I think I've ever known in > my > > life. I'm old enough to pretty well remember Pearl Harbor and all that > came > > after. My father, a veteran of WWI (Army), nevertheless again volunteered > in > > WWII, despite the fact that he was then 46 years old with a wife and two > > young daughters, and he spent the rest of the war in the Marine Corps, > while > > his civilian boss held his well-paying job for him "for the duration". > > > > Tonight, I found myself trembling all of a sudden, and would have given > > anything for someone to talk to about it. But my husband (career Navy, > and a > > veteran of the Pacific Theater during WWII, aboard a carrier that was > struck > > by a Kamikaze off the island of Ulithi, with terrible loss of life and > much > > damage to the ship), died in August of 1997, and all eight of our children > > are grown and on their own. So the dog, bless him, just sat and listened > to > > me, and tried to look sympathetic. I finally went and took a Valium, > > something I very seldom do, and feel a little calmer now. > > > > The reason I'm writing all these boring details to you is because I can't > > really understand why I feel the way I do. I've been away from NYC for > many > > years, I don't like cities to begin with, and hope never to live in one > > agaIn, yet here I sit, bawling my eyes out at what those @#^%$*#% have > done > > to "my" city. Am I angry?? Oh yes, I'm angry beyond believing. > > > > Anyone out there have any suggestions about what I can/should do to "deal > > with" this?? Any help greatly appreciated, believe me! > > > > Thank you for listening... > > > > Barbara in MO > > > > P.S. I really am a bona fide member of this list, but haven't added much > > (anything?) to the general knowledge of this family, as I have so little > on > > them. My line is: > > > > Thomas Whitney > > + Mary BRAY > > > > John Whitney > > + Elinor _______ > > > > Jonathan Whitney > > + Lydia JONES > > > > Lydia Whitney > > + Moses ADAMS > > > > (Not a lot of Whitneys yet!) > > > > > > > > > > >
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