Happy.

I sort of cringe writing this. I feel like I could be burned at the stake for stating my opinion...well, we are entitled to one, right? I think I need to get it off my chest. Once I do, I am so done on this topic.

So as you read this, please, read this with an open mind.

So we all know what happened to Osama.

Like everyone else, I found out Sunday night and within minutes it was all over the net. I thought it was a joke, but it was very much true. Within the hour, crazy posts of people literally ready to rip each other's throats came about like wildfire. It was so crazy that it was kind of funny.
In short, many people were infuriated with others for "rejoicing" in his death, while others felt it that it was okay to be happy in his death and that justice has prevailed.

Where do I stand?

Well, first off, I am not parading in the streets, holding a fake bin laden head and screaming "Freedom!" (an ode to hub's fave movie, Braveheart, lol). I'm not running around like a loony and causing a circus, lighting off fireworks, starting rallies, etc. If anything, I am afraid because we all know his followers ain't too happy with us. I'm nervous for what repercussions might come.

However, am I happy? Yes, I am. Now, if that makes me a horrible, awful, disgusting Christian, well so be it. But wait, isn't that for God to judge? Moving on...

I am glad that we were able to achieve this and more importantly, I think it brings a sense of closure to the victims and families of 9/11 and to those courageous soldiers and their families, many who have died so that we can live the way we do. My heart is bursting with pride for our soldiers and those who brought this man down. I couldn't be more proud.

Which brings me to this...as this happened, I rememebered my fantastic friend Brian Piercy, who served in the military beyond courageously for our country and was killed in action last summer in Afghanistan. His amazing wife (who is like a sister to me) was the perfect and dutiful wife, praying for and supporting him each step of the way. Brian was the perfect soldier and gave his life to protect us and he, like so many, wanted to bring Bin Laden down.

I shared with Chrissie, his widow, what others have been saying and she shared some things with me. What she shared was powerful and important. I felt if anything, she has the right to say what she wants and I felt that what she wrote was on the behalf of the families and victims of 9/11 and the war. We both felt that it should be shared (and yes, she gave me permission, obviously)...so here it is, from my friend Chrissie Piercy:

Ok...time for me to weigh in on this. All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing. Anyone who can look on the acts (rather atrocities) that Bin Laden perpetrated and the insanity he inspired as anything LESS than evil, I would question your sense of justice. Do you honestly think that had this man continued to live, he would have established "right relationships" with others? Would Hitler have established right relationships with the Jews and all other non-aryan races had the US and her allies done nothing? Sure we could have waited around to find out, but I am sure the world would have been sorely disappointed by the results. It is because of the hatred and murder towards people whom the extremists had never met (i.e., all Americans were subject to their hatred) that 9-11 occurred, and that many Americans, including my husband, Brian Piercy, lost their lives. Were Americans to sit by and do nothing, and allow evil to triumph, no, I do not think that would have been justice. Bin Laden wasn't going to surrender, ten years have taught us that. so, yes, I DO feel justice was done, lest we FORGET the sacrifices made by so many Americans and go about our complacent lives of peace and so-called justice, untroubled by the sufferings of our soldeirs and other innocent civilians over there who have been hurt tormented and killed by this evil man (who, might i remind you, used a woman as a shield from bullets). Yes, I do have cause to celebrate when I see evil being condemned and undone. I hate evil and I hate Satan who inspires the evil that is in our world today. I don't care if you don't agree with me and I don't care if you're a pacifist or not but DO NOT forget that the reason any of us have these freedoms is because of the men and women in our country who have fought AND DIED for them...so yes i do rejoice that evil has been fought, and I rejoice that possibly the people over in the Middle East are a little closer to the freedoms we take for granted in this country. Know that i might be ranting but i am speaking from my heart and thank God I have the freedom to do so.


I am proud of our troops and country. God Bless America.