@inquiline
It's hard to even think about in the privacy of my own head, never mind say out loud
Youngest was born 7 weeks before 9-11. That Sept morning was the first time I thought, "Oh kids, if I had known..."
Bush got reelected and the thought crossed my mind for the second time. I wrote my oldest (then in kindergarten) a letter which I set aside to give to him when he was old enough
That letter seems positively quaint now. I really had no idea what was coming. Or what is still coming