I posted this on my FB a little bit ago but I'm going to mention it here too. This morning my daughter's long term boyfriend Mike left for his deployment in Afghanistan. Lacy came home from college last night so she could ride with him and his parents to the airport. If you're on my FB there's a picture of the two of them that I took as they were leaving. He'll be stationed at Camp Leatherneck, I'm not sure where that's at yet.
He's a really wonderful young man and he and my daughter are very much in love with each other. Before he found out about the deployment there had been talks of them getting engaged and planning their wedding the year after she graduates from U of I but they've decided to wait until he returns...the reality and maturity of that decision by the two of them breaks my heart.
When he stopped by my house this morning he hugged me so tightly, he was trembling and trying very hard not to cry. My daugher was stone faced when she wasn't smiling at him trying to encourage him.
I have grown to love this boy like my own son over the last year and I'm scared to death for him and worried for my daughter and his parents. Any prayer or good thoughts or positive energy or what have you would be very appreciated. I find myself wanting to write about this and all the emotions that I'm feeling from everyone around me as well as my own.
Lacy and I are going to go out for dinner tonight and talk before she heads back to school to finish her finals. I'm so glad this is her last week, I don't want her to be up there alone right now.
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He's a really wonderful young man and he and my daughter are very much in love with each other. Before he found out about the deployment there had been talks of them getting engaged and planning their wedding the year after she graduates from U of I but they've decided to wait until he returns...the reality and maturity of that decision by the two of them breaks my heart.
When he stopped by my house this morning he hugged me so tightly, he was trembling and trying very hard not to cry. My daugher was stone faced when she wasn't smiling at him trying to encourage him.
I have grown to love this boy like my own son over the last year and I'm scared to death for him and worried for my daughter and his parents. Any prayer or good thoughts or positive energy or what have you would be very appreciated. I find myself wanting to write about this and all the emotions that I'm feeling from everyone around me as well as my own.
Lacy and I are going to go out for dinner tonight and talk before she heads back to school to finish her finals. I'm so glad this is her last week, I don't want her to be up there alone right now.
:sigh: I hate war, I really do.