September E-mail From The Card Yard Crew

With heavy hearts and numbed souls the crew at Card Yard is deviating from the normal E-Card and sending this tribute in the wake of recent events. This last week has been utter hell not just for Americans, but also for all those who have a heart any where in the world. We watched as not just Americans but people from around the globe perish due to the cowardly acts of a few extremists.

It is said that 1 in 5 Americans knows or knows someone who knows someone who was in the World Trade Center at the time of its demise. That is astonishing when there are 270 million Americans. Think how many people lost a child, brother, sister, mom, dad, uncle, aunt, grandpa, grandma, grandson, granddaughter, sister-in-law, brother-in-law and best friend. Imagine never seeing one of those people ever again. Never to be able to hug, laugh with, cry with, or just be able to pick up the phone at anytime and call. Life would never be the same again.

Mr. Terrorist, you damn well better make your peace with your God and your family and friends. You will not be on this earth too much longer because the American and civilized world nations will no longer stand for people like you. You claim your religion made you do these deeds. You have no idea what your God wants you to do if that is what you think. Why would the other billion Muslims be loving people yet you think violence is what the same God is telling you to do? If you just need to learn to read we will be glad to buy the Hooked on Phonics program for you in case you cannot read. If not then you really need to actually read what your Holy Book says.

Americans always pull together in a time of need. During the Gulf War we stood by the men and women involved in that crisis and they came home to a Hero’s welcome. During the Oklahoma City bombing people from every state helped out in any way needed to help the rescue workers as well as the families of the victims. Bin Laden, the American people only get tougher in times of adversity. We are ready to fight to the end to protect our great nation. I promise no American will ever surrender at a time of war to a CNN news crew, as did the Iraqi’s vaunted Royal Guard.

These terrorist attacks only make the people of the United States stand together united and see the whole picture. At times like this, age, sex, color and religion are all the same to us as they should always be. We are “One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for ALL”.

Immediately after the Twin Towers collapsed People were helping each other. Everyone was gray, and everyone was helping each other. There was no black or white. There was no old or young. Only people. American People. America is made up of every race and religion on this great planet. That is why many people consider the United States to be the greatest nation in the world. We are everyone everywhere.

The real hero’s this week are the rescuers. The same people who we tend to say are trigger happy and just like to harass us are the same ones who saved hundreds or perhaps thousands of lives. While everyone else was leaving the buildings, they were running into them. New York lost a lot of its bravest and finest this week. That means even more people grieving their loss. Not only are their families without their loved one, but their brotherhood has lost some great people as well. Every policeman and every firefighter feels like they lost a family member this week. They may not know the individuals, but they know each person’s heart, one of selflessness.

The real hero’s are the Police, Firefighters, and Teachers. This week we lost a lot of policemen and firemen and made the teacher’s jobs that much harder. It is hard for us to understand, much less the children. We need to help them all and support them to our fullest. Here are some ways to help the children understand:

2)Have the kids write letters or draw something to give to your LOCAL fire and police departments to share their thoughts and feelings.

3)Have the kids make red, white and blue ribbons to show their support and have them wear them with pride.

4)Ask a policeman or firefighter to come and speak so the kids can ask questions. It will put their minds at ease.

5)Make a cake or sandwiches for them so they can feel like they are helping the police and firefighters out.

6)Ask the kids to thank them for what they do. That way kids know that what they do is something great and not something to always be scared of, or take for granted.

7)If and when war breaks out have the kids do the same thing for all the soldiers involved.

This week on a talk radio station a little girl called in. She was ten years old and felt she needed to do something since she was too young to donate blood. She said she thought hard about it and came up with an idea, to go door to door in her neighborhood and ask people to fly their flag. Some of the people ask her to help them raise it, which the little girl did with pride. Then she came upon a person who did not own a flag. She thought for a moment and then ran home and made a flag for the person who hung it with honor. She made flags for all the people in her neighborhood that needed one. A couple days later she called the talk show host back and said she and her friends are now making a lot of flags and attaching them to straws. They take those flags and slide them over the antennas on cars. That little girl is the epitome of what makes this a great country. She felt she had to do something, and then did it with great pride and ingenuity.

On the news there was a story that was really touching. An elementary school on Long Island got the kids together and they made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the rescue workers. Each sandwich came with a hand drawn card from students. The cards said stuff like “stay safe”, “You are our hero’s”, “We love you!” The rescuers gratefully would take a sandwich and start to eat it and then read the note. They had to stop eating for a second because it is tough to eat when choking on tears. Those kids not just touched the hearts of these guys, but also gave them even more motivation to keep going.

So Mr. Terrorist remember one thing, the American people have generation after generation of USA pride that we will fight for and defend so you better make your peace, because we will find you and deliver justice.