On this 11Th day of September, I am in a somber mood. I always feel different and have trouble concentrating. I'm sure like a lot of Americans are.
I opened my email early this morning and received a letter from my friend Luigi.
Ive mentioned Luigi before. He is an awesome photographer, who specializes in Commercial photography, but also does beautiful portraits as well. Hes a very talented photographer and a very fascinating person. He also happens to be Italian and lives in Italy.
He has been our guest in our home and he has an open invitation to visit anytime!
My husband, son and I love him like family.
I just wanted to share this email with you all that he sent to me.
His English is very good and I'm proud to share this letter he sent, even though it made me cry.
I'm working to help Luigi get hired as a photographer here in the U.S. and so that he can become a naturalized citizen. The photo above is of something special that hangs in his studio. Ill explain it at the end of his letter.
"Ciao Dixie,
Today I opened your blog (it's became a ritual when I turn on the
computer in the morning) and I realized today is the 9/11.
I started to cry and think at that day. I remember I was in my office
and my mother called me at phone, telling me something was happening
in NY, at the moment, just after the first impact nobody though about
a terrorist attack. I connected to the net and I watched CNN for
hours following all the news, the second airplane, the third on
Pentagon, and all the facts now we know.
I was really shocked, I wrote to a friend in NY and, thanks God, he
was far from the WTC and wrote me back.
I felt that the world was changed, the 3 airplanes arrived straight
in my heart.
I stayed in front of the television a lot of time, and all the
speakers and our politicians solidarized with America.
The day after I was in a bar having my breakfast and I started to
listen at the comments of the people. Some people was starting to
discuss about what Americans did to the world to have this attack,
they started to justify the terrorists as an answer to the American
foreign politics. I was shocked more than the day before! I started
to feel as a stranger, I couldn't believe that someone was thinking the
the responsibility was American. And I live in a country where if a
thief enter in your home, points a gun to your head and you react and
kill him you are considered responsible and go to jail!
I opened my email early this morning and received a letter from my friend Luigi.
Ive mentioned Luigi before. He is an awesome photographer, who specializes in Commercial photography, but also does beautiful portraits as well. Hes a very talented photographer and a very fascinating person. He also happens to be Italian and lives in Italy.
He has been our guest in our home and he has an open invitation to visit anytime!
My husband, son and I love him like family.
I just wanted to share this email with you all that he sent to me.
His English is very good and I'm proud to share this letter he sent, even though it made me cry.
I'm working to help Luigi get hired as a photographer here in the U.S. and so that he can become a naturalized citizen. The photo above is of something special that hangs in his studio. Ill explain it at the end of his letter.
"Ciao Dixie,
Today I opened your blog (it's became a ritual when I turn on the
computer in the morning) and I realized today is the 9/11.
I started to cry and think at that day. I remember I was in my office
and my mother called me at phone, telling me something was happening
in NY, at the moment, just after the first impact nobody though about
a terrorist attack. I connected to the net and I watched CNN for
hours following all the news, the second airplane, the third on
Pentagon, and all the facts now we know.
I was really shocked, I wrote to a friend in NY and, thanks God, he
was far from the WTC and wrote me back.
I felt that the world was changed, the 3 airplanes arrived straight
in my heart.
I stayed in front of the television a lot of time, and all the
speakers and our politicians solidarized with America.
The day after I was in a bar having my breakfast and I started to
listen at the comments of the people. Some people was starting to
discuss about what Americans did to the world to have this attack,
they started to justify the terrorists as an answer to the American
foreign politics. I was shocked more than the day before! I started
to feel as a stranger, I couldn't believe that someone was thinking the
the responsibility was American. And I live in a country where if a
thief enter in your home, points a gun to your head and you react and
kill him you are considered responsible and go to jail!
That day I decided that my heart is star and stripes. I decided to go
to USA every time I can, and I started to work to find a way to move
there. I'm still here, for a lot of reasons, the first is not easy to
find a job, but I'm working on it.
Every 9/11 at the Italian television there is at least one documentary
about "the truth on 9/11" where they try to demonstrate the 9/11 was
organized by CIA, and a lot of similar bullshit. I really hate this.
It's something that gives me a lot of pain in my heart.
To not forget, I have on the wall in my studio an official flag of
the HealingFields organization ( http://www.healingfield.org/
this flag in 2007 in Salt Lake City at the Rotary International
convention, after I made a little donation to them.
On the flags, there are printed all the names of the 9/11 victims. I think it's
really a nice project.
But I'm glad that now I have some American friends as you and you
family that make me feel at home in my heart.
I discovered people that think as me, have the same feelings for 9//11. Also in Italy I
have many friend who think as me about the 9/11, not all Italians are
stupid, but here all is filtered with the brain, my feelings about
9/11 and my friendship with America comes straight from my heart.
OK, now... I've read on your blog that you have an hard challenge in
your life, I hope it's not too hard...
Say hello to all your family, now you are a lot of people in Wichita
Falls! :-)
Ciao
Luigi"
have many friend who think as me about the 9/11, not all Italians are
stupid, but here all is filtered with the brain, my feelings about
9/11 and my friendship with America comes straight from my heart.
OK, now... I've read on your blog that you have an hard challenge in
your life, I hope it's not too hard...
Say hello to all your family, now you are a lot of people in Wichita
Falls! :-)
Ciao
Luigi"
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