Txmom42
04-22-2008, 01:59 PM
I asked my son if I could share this you. It's part of a letter he wrote to me a while back. It is simply amazing to me how much he has grown up. I can't wait to get my arms around him this summer! (Spelling, grammar and punctuation are his!)
I am currently in Iraq were I go out every day to protect what I hold dear to me in my life.
Every morning I wake up I run 6 to 7 miles do some weight conditioning shower and prepare to go out. I put on 80 pounds of gear and grab my M4 and 240B and step in to a truck. Just then it hits me just like the day before that I am in Iraq and people want to kill me and as I think this I load my weapon and watch the faces of people as we pass them by. I see the disgusted faces of older men the shyness of the women and the smiles and waves of the kids. I see the hardships these people have like no running water or working electricity. I see 10-20 people living in one house thanking god that they survived another day without being killed by terrorist. But the hardest part of being over here boils down to TWO things. ONE: you have way to much time to think and when you do so emotions take over your body and you are constantly on edge. You begin to doubt things that before were so clear in your mind that you never had a second thought about. You become on edge with loved ones and make hasty decisions ... without thinking it through. Things TWO: you never know when you'll be hit or who to trust and who to be wery of. But when we roll out the gate its not fear that sweeps us its the uncertainty of what the day holds for us. The adrinalin rush of what lays head at that next turn of the road or in the next room. In a blink of an eye it could be over... I do have to say it is not all bad though I feel and look better than I ever have so this place can't be all bad it has made me want to better myself and made me realize whats important in life.
I am currently in Iraq were I go out every day to protect what I hold dear to me in my life.
Every morning I wake up I run 6 to 7 miles do some weight conditioning shower and prepare to go out. I put on 80 pounds of gear and grab my M4 and 240B and step in to a truck. Just then it hits me just like the day before that I am in Iraq and people want to kill me and as I think this I load my weapon and watch the faces of people as we pass them by. I see the disgusted faces of older men the shyness of the women and the smiles and waves of the kids. I see the hardships these people have like no running water or working electricity. I see 10-20 people living in one house thanking god that they survived another day without being killed by terrorist. But the hardest part of being over here boils down to TWO things. ONE: you have way to much time to think and when you do so emotions take over your body and you are constantly on edge. You begin to doubt things that before were so clear in your mind that you never had a second thought about. You become on edge with loved ones and make hasty decisions ... without thinking it through. Things TWO: you never know when you'll be hit or who to trust and who to be wery of. But when we roll out the gate its not fear that sweeps us its the uncertainty of what the day holds for us. The adrinalin rush of what lays head at that next turn of the road or in the next room. In a blink of an eye it could be over... I do have to say it is not all bad though I feel and look better than I ever have so this place can't be all bad it has made me want to better myself and made me realize whats important in life.