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| Fri, 08-15-2008 - 7:29am |
Morning All -
Ds called me yesterday late afternoon to tell me he will be deployed to Afghanistan - he will be leaving in mid-November for training and in Feb/March will be deployed. He's part of the Texas National Guard (after spending 4 years as Army Airbourne back in the mid-90's - he decided 3 years ago to join the Guard) - he wanted to give back to his country (again) because he's been so blessed. And though I applaud his thinking & actions - I have to tell you as a Mom I am very concerned.
I keep coming back to the question "if not him - then who??" What I mean by that is what makes mine any more special than 'yours'?? We're all still processing all this - his wife, my wonderful dil, is having a tough time (and understandably so) - they aren't going to tell the kids yet as it'll be another 3 months before this actually happens. His sister, my dd, is at a loss for words - - as she said last night - I know God won't give us anymore than what we can handle (though I think He pushed the envelope when their Dad died in 2002 of brain cancer) but I agree with her thinking . . and will once again draw on my strong faith in God . . . I don't believe that only bad things happen to bad people - I do believe that the "rain falls on the just and the unjust" but whatever comes in the months ahead - I know God will be right there beside us all.
I know there are alot of people who are opposed to the US being in Iraq & Afghanistan - but these are our sons & daughters over there . . . so the negatives need to be toned down and the troops need to be lifted up.
I ask that you keep all of us in your prayers - he'll be getting more specific orders today and I'll let you know then. Dh & I has made reservations to take the 4 (ds & dil and dd & sil) to dinner tonight for birthdays & anniversary celebrations and we're still planning on going - - to make more memories to put in our "memory banksl" Dh is so very wonderful with my kids - he's taken them into his heart and they love him in return - - as Dd says "Mom, we moved Dad over and made a place for him" Such wonderful kids I am blessed with . . . thanks for letting me unload - - more later. mec :)

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Right there w/ya tho it's SD25 who leaves for Afghanistan in 2 weeks. Her DH (who will be her ex by the time they return stateside end of the year) left a couple weeks ago already. It's strange to me that the first time they deployed last year I wasn't too concerned, but all of a sudden this year we've buried two local boys - one from a convoy accident in Kuwait (whose wife is a close family friend's G'd), the other an accident in Afghanistan. This time as they are going to be in it again, the downside of being military overseas even on a "safe" base is real close to home ...
Will keep your DS in our thoughts as well.
I agree with you -- you and your family have been
so blessed!
Our family can relate; as our youngest son-in-law just
22 years old will return to Iraq in October. God returned
him once before, so until we know differently, we are
believing that he will return home again.
I will lift your names in prayer. HUGS!
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~*~ Aloha to all .... ~*~
Prayers for your son...Our son was in Iraq right after we invaded them....a very scary time!
I have a strong faith in God - I know from past experience that He will get me through my tough times . . . there are times when things don't go the way I want but I believe God sees the big picture and me - only the little ones - if I didn't handle things this way - then I wouldn't be able to function and I have to think about his wife (who I love very much) and his 3 kids (my grandchildren).
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