The tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is this Sunday; so we had an assembly this morning in the gym, and had lessons about everything that happened for the rest of the day too. Rowen and I talked about it after school, and she remembers quite a bit about that day even though she was only about ten months old at the time. I remember everything – especially since Mom and I were still hiding in New York then. What seemed strange to both of us was the fact that the rest of our classmates had been too young to remember anything about the terrorist attacks – or most of them didn’t. After talking with Rowen, I was fairly sure that two others would have personal memories just as we did.
Nobody is surprised that national security is on heightened alert for the next few days, or that there are reports of terrorist threats. Ethan and Ehlana had wanted to try using our sight to take a look, but Mom and I explained to them that it very likely wouldn’t work for something like this. Even looking at such a narrow window of time, there would literally be trillions of little ‘events’ to sift through around the world without first knowing a specific location and the people involved. Thankfully, they conceded the point. I’m grateful that we’re spared knowing more than we do – there is a lot of bad in the world, and it would be a terrible burden.
While the 9/11 anniversary was being commemorated at school, and talked about by the grown-ups; the top news story of the day for both the town and school gossip networks was the announcement that Heather and Adam Green had found out that Heather was pregnant. I never really even though much about news like that before Mom was pregnant with Ethan and Ehlana, but it’s fun now. That’s partly because Uncle Adam and I have our little research project to work on; and finding out if the new babies will be Magi, and when we’ll be able to sense that if they are, will be fun. While I’m thinking about that, we’ll be starting an archive for those studies, but Uncle Adam was able to sense that the Carter’s baby wasn’t a Magi for sure. She’s due in November, and on Sunday, I’ll check to see if I can sense what level she’ll be at for the latent group. Figuring that out this time took longer than it did for Hannah’s baby, but there’s still a lot we haven’t figured out yet. For all we know, a strong latent could become a Magi while going through the stress of their birth; just as with the cases where Magi powers have been discovered during crisis situations.
Anyway, it’s Friday night, and I’m taking a break from the work. Rowen’s staying for our first sleepover of the school year, and we had the usual dinner and a movie with Mom, Dad, Uncle Adam, Aunt Leanne, Aunt Deborah, and Nick. I’m doing this while Rowen’s using the Jacuzzi, and then we’re going to get some sleep – we’ve got the three o’clock feeding tonight, and tomorrow is a yard work day for me while Rowen’s working at the store. Sometimes I wonder how non-Magi kids keep up without having the advantages we do!
