I dont think about it all that often. Maybe that's the problem...it hasn't been on my mind enough to go and do those things I said I will do this weekend. I am fortunate as well. My family is safe and my close friends are safe. I'm just kinda reelin from the overload of today. One can't escape it at all today. You see it on everyone's face. It's everywhere....streets, office, bathroom, watercooler, tv, Bush in town, GF being extra nice today...etc. So one can't help but reflect.
But you are wrong in one sense, the tragedy IS your own. Each American should feel this way.