Deploying tonight

[Texas ChickenZ]

My family very humbly says "Thank You" to you and your son, as well as everyone else serving in the military. It is a tremendous sacrifice made by real patriots. Freedom is not free, and it's comforting to know that not everyone in this country has forgotten it. I have three boys and a girl, and would be so proud and scared at the same time if they decide to serve.

I pray almost every night (I'll be honest, sometimes I just pass out from exhaustion after kids and now chickens all day) for God to protect and comfort our military and their families. I sometimes think the families left behind are forgotten about, and there is a wife, husband, mother or father along with the children staring at an empty place at the dinner table every night. You and your son are not forgotten. Thank you.

 

[Chicken Salad]

Been there, done that. Warm thoughts to you and safe ones to him.

While mine was over there I had to quit listening the TV news and the radio because every explosion in Baghdad made me crazy. I didn't sleep. I cried a lot. I lived for e-mail and instant messages (some with web cam!). I put my contact information on my front door when I left on a trip, certain that's when the chaplain would arrive. I stood looking around in his room a lot. When he said he had to move out of his trailer in November and live in a very' tent at the airport til March, I worried and then guilted myself for being so petty as to complain about having to shovel snow all by myself. I didn't want to have ANY fun. When Bush went over there for his "visit" and all communications were blanked out for weeks I yelled and screamed and cursed. I put up a sign in my window that said - "Hey Laura - send your twins." Mostly...I hated it.

On the other hand, you find folks who are going through it, too. You can find message boards with SandLand moms on it to connect with. My friends where I worked would call up his phone card and put $$ on it. One friend sent him a luau party box, complete with yard flamingos for their trailer. You get by "with a little help from your friends." Put me down as somebody you can e-mail if you need to. Make that a long list, if you can. Busy yourself with planning the banner you'll make when he comes home and the party you'll have.

Tell him THANK YOU.

(edit: Contact your local American Legion group and see if you can get a blue star flag for your window from them.)

 

[thechickenchick]

Pam,
Bless you for raising such a wonderful young man. My family and I will add him and you to our prayers. I have a BIL in Iraq at this very moment. His wife and 4 kids miss him very much. It is nice to be able to keep in contact through emails and such. Still when we don't hear something, we worry. Please know that we appreaciate what both you and him are sacrificing for all of us. Hang in there and remember when the going gets tough, the tough get more chickens!! Sorry, had to insert a little humor! Tanya

 

[momofdrew]

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LOL Tanya I have been accused of getting chickens cause my baby has flown the coop...


He called me this morning he had arrived in Kuwait...He sounds ok says it is really dusty there...

Thank you all for your kind words...It helps to have caring people who will listen to a mothers lament...

I am so very proud of my son I just wish he was here instead of there...

Pam

 

[hoosier]

Not being a mom, I can't even begin to imagine what you are going through right now.