Reblogged from Public Catholic:
We call it The Bombing.
We don't use qualifiers about the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building, or Oklahoma City. Anytime you utter the words The Bombing around these parts, everyone in hearing distance will know what and when you mean.
We also don't talk about it much. This monstrous event knocked us flat as a community. It re-focused our fight away from the everyday conflicts that engaged us before it happened.
J.M.J.
A thoughtful and well spoken blog by Rebecca Hamilton.