Mary P. wrote: > And, rather than road rage, I found my fellow travelers to be unfailingly polite, gentler, and much more accommodating than >on any similar trip that I had ever made in the past. We had just been through the ringer and back, and we were helping >each other through that experience together. It didn't matter that we were total strangers. We were Americans, and we >were, indeed, united.
In the days immediately following the tragedy this sudden, more widespread gentleness and kindness was so evident. And at least in my observations, it is still continuing very much. Everyone from the lawyers I work with, to the shopkeepers I visit, to my friends, to strangers, everywhere I go it seems people have become so much more personal and take more time to be kind and patient and caring with each other. I've not seen that we've gotten back to "normal" yet in that sense, and it is a nice change! It is another silver lining in the dark cloud. Kakki
