Off to War
I wanted to post something light and fluffy - something that would make everyone smile and laugh because I need that this week...then I remembered the date.
My 19-year old step-son (the one who made me a grandmother) is being deployed today. TODAY he is being sent to fight a war. And regardless how I feel about the political correctness of the whole war and why we are over there the fact of the matter is that we are sending these boys to fight. My husband (his dad) went to go see him earlier this month to visit and he was shocked at just how young all the men in his platoon were - they are just kids, he said to me when he got back.
I have such mixed emotions today - I am proud of him for being in the service and all that entails but I am so very scared for him as well. I certainly can't watch the news for the next year while he's away. How do you deal with this sort of thing as a parent?
We will send our love by way of the United States Postal Service, that's how. As soon as I get his address where he will be stationed there will be care packages - many many care packages. We will send him things from home, like Pringles and Fruit Roll-ups, things to reming him of where he came from and what he's coming back to. We will send pictures of his wife and 4 month old baby to him every week so that he doesn't miss any more of that so-important first year of his daughter's life than he has to. We will send him pictures of his brothers and sisters and his family so that he has a rock to hold on to in a counrty where everything is so out of control.
Any other ideas? What do you send to a boy who is off fighting someone else's war?
Next post - something fluffy......I promise.......
My 19-year old step-son (the one who made me a grandmother) is being deployed today. TODAY he is being sent to fight a war. And regardless how I feel about the political correctness of the whole war and why we are over there the fact of the matter is that we are sending these boys to fight. My husband (his dad) went to go see him earlier this month to visit and he was shocked at just how young all the men in his platoon were - they are just kids, he said to me when he got back.
I have such mixed emotions today - I am proud of him for being in the service and all that entails but I am so very scared for him as well. I certainly can't watch the news for the next year while he's away. How do you deal with this sort of thing as a parent?
We will send our love by way of the United States Postal Service, that's how. As soon as I get his address where he will be stationed there will be care packages - many many care packages. We will send him things from home, like Pringles and Fruit Roll-ups, things to reming him of where he came from and what he's coming back to. We will send pictures of his wife and 4 month old baby to him every week so that he doesn't miss any more of that so-important first year of his daughter's life than he has to. We will send him pictures of his brothers and sisters and his family so that he has a rock to hold on to in a counrty where everything is so out of control.
Any other ideas? What do you send to a boy who is off fighting someone else's war?
Next post - something fluffy......I promise.......
posted by EB @ 4:03 AM
2 Comments:
At 4:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
My cousin's fiance was in Iraq, here's things you send him....baby wipes (to wipe themselves and their hands in general, trust me they love it), you send them bubblegum and good all american candy, and you send letters of how proud you are and cards that are funny and silly for no reason other than to be funny, you send notes from the kids made with crayons, you get your son's first grade class to ALL send notes to soldiers, you don't get mushy and you don't get sad. You be strong, so he will be strong and you help hold together the family he has at home, so that he can remember every day what he joined the army for! And on the days that you can't be strong, you turn to someone who can be and let them take over for the day. Me, your mom, anyone. That's what he will need. I'll get more of a list of exact things from my cousin for you....no worries about Chris, we are praying constantly for him to be strong and safe! And he will, that's what he was trained to do.
At 11:57 AM,
Froggylady said…
My husband was in Iraq twice and it never gets easier. Things to send - local newspapers, magazines, gum, personal packs of TP (they LOVE that stuff - it fits in their pocket and is much better than the stuff they have over there),cards, puzzle books (crossword, word find, sudoku) and send enough to share. There's guys out there that don't have a loving family back home and I sent more stuff for them than I did for my husband - at his request.
I will keep him in my prayers along with all of the others fighting this war.
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