I worked for the Department of Defense before I started writing full-time. In 2001, I worked for the DoD Office of Family Policy. I wrote about it in a Crescent Blues editorial, "The Dagger in the Pillow" (http://www.crescentblues.com/4_5issue/editorial.shtml). My office and office mates were fine. My boss went on to create the Pentagon Family Assistance Center for the families of the victims. I think it was the first, best step to healing--doing something positive for the folks who really suffered. On a strictly personal level, the worst part for me was dealing with some very strange relatives and friends who NEEDED me to IMMEDIATELY call and give them all the deets while they freaked about how they were gonna die. This was absolutely the last thing I wanted to deal with when I got home at 11 p.m. September 11 after committing to return to the PFAC at 6 a.m. I laughed off the messages, and would you believe it, the trolls got offended that I wasn't taking their danger (in western New Jersey and southern North Carolina, no less) seriously. I think I'll stop there. I'm still related to some of them. Hugs and smiles, Jean Marie
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Date: 2009-04-08 01:28 am (UTC)On a strictly personal level, the worst part for me was dealing with some very strange relatives and friends who NEEDED me to IMMEDIATELY call and give them all the deets while they freaked about how they were gonna die. This was absolutely the last thing I wanted to deal with when I got home at 11 p.m. September 11 after committing to return to the PFAC at 6 a.m. I laughed off the messages, and would you believe it, the trolls got offended that I wasn't taking their danger (in western New Jersey and southern North Carolina, no less) seriously.
I think I'll stop there. I'm still related to some of them.
Hugs and smiles,
Jean Marie