Some signs of normalcy are returning to the area, as well they should.
Political signs are starting to pop up here and there. This year that’s a particularly welcome sign.
Campaign literature is beginning to invade mail boxes, something else to take our minds off recent events, and people are starting to grumble once again about ridiculous things.
We’re even hearing some complaints, believe it or not, about who did not get thanked for helping out on Sept. 11.
This recent flutter of activity is a sign that people are trying to resume their pre-Sept. 11 lives.
There’s no turning back the dial completely, however.
Now that the first bombs have fallen over Afghanistan, we need to wrap our minds around another difficult concept: a new and different kind of war.
Some of our nation’s leaders have likened what is to come to the Cold War of the past, which lasted for decades.
We also keep hearing warnings about new attacks and about bioterrorism. But county officials are confident that we need not worry. Only be vigilant, they say.
We can do that by paying closer attention to what’s going on around us.
Most of all, we need to continue to try to help those who suffered the most in the Sept. 11 attack: the families of the missing and dead; the injured, of which we have heard little; and all those who are still traumatized by what they witnessed.