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Osama’s Death: One Mother’s Perspective

May 2, 2011 By Erika Zane

2 May

I’ve been reading news stories and blog posts on the death of Osama Bin Laden since before I went to bed last night and all day today.  There are so many different articulations on how it makes people feel to know he is gone.

I’m still not sure exactly how I feel.  If I were forced to describe my feelings right now I’d probably say: I feel a sense of somber relief.

Today is a historic day.  The survivors of the lives that were lost on 9/11 and thereafter now have some closure and all Americans can now sigh with relief that another chapter has come to a close, which in itself is a cause for celebration.

I cannot, however, quite join in all the excitement over his death.  He was, without a doubt, EVIL.  His goal of exterminating the entire western world can be described as nothing less than horrific.  But I have trouble with the idea of rejoicing over another person’s death, especially with my son watching (even if he is too young to really understand right now).

I am not saying I feel bad for him or am sad he is dead.  I definitely believe justice has been served and I am so thankful to the men and women who have served in the armed forces for fighting for our freedom and keeping us safe, both in Iraq and Afghanistan!

What it comes down to, more than anything, is: I am a cautious person and I have trouble celebrating until I know a threat is completely gone.  My role as a mother only makes matters worse; I worry everyday about the world in which we are raising our children.  I want nothing more than to shield my son from absolutely everything evil in the world.  So I worry about things I have no control over, like the thought of some unknown “boogy-man” slipping in and taking over where Bin Laden left off.

So there it is.  All in all: I am so extremely happy that one threat has been eliminated and I pray this chapter in America’s history is truly  over.

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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