tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037573450468007593.post6131165125017406934..comments2023-12-30T11:40:18.466-06:00Comments on melissa embry's blog: Totally Texas -- Shots still echoingMelissa Embryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01122707432455812099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037573450468007593.post-83646957515258020722011-11-14T23:31:52.937-06:002011-11-14T23:31:52.937-06:00Dallas has been my home all my life. I was here f...Dallas has been my home all my life. I was here for this and remember, as word spread through the school, our teacher wanted to watch the news as it broke. She rolled a TV into the classroom. There was absolute silence. At home, we were glued to newscasts. That was when I decided I wanted to be a reporter. <br />A friend of ours was the on-duty clergy at Parkland when Kennedy arrived. He found it very hard to talk about. We Dallasites were as stunned and sorrowful as the rest of the nation. <br />For years afterward, Dallasites were ridiculed. I try to forget about all this, but just can't, especially when driving under the triple underpass. Today, as part of Friendship Force, I find that whenever we have visitors from Ottawa to Germany, they want to see the grassy knoll and the Schoolbook Depository. And, I tell them, yes, I lived in Dallas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com