Posted by
KATERRA on Sunday, September 14, 2008 12:00:00 AM
I HAVE TRIED TO WRITE ON THIS FORUM THREE TIMES NOW, AND SOMETHING AS HAPPENED EACH TIME MY WORDS ARE OFF IN CYBER-SPACE SOMEWHERE.(OH BY THE WAY I WRITE IN CAPITALS BECAUSE I CAN SEE BETTER NOT EGO OR ANYTHING). ANYWAY, THE OTHER DAY 9/11 WAS MY NEPHEW'S 27TH BIRTHDAY,SO NATUALLY HE WAS ON MY MIND, BUT EVEN MORE THAN USUAL, BECAUSE HE WAS ALSO ON HIS WAY BACK FOR SECOND TOUR OF DUTY IN IRAQ. IT WAS HARD TO SEE HIM GO THE FIRSTTIME ,BUT THIS TIME EVEN WORSE, BECAUSE NOW HE LEFT BEHIND HIS TWO -YEAR SON WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY HIS DADDY ISN'T HOME.FIRST DADDY IS THERE FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF IS LIFE, THEN HE IS GONE, COMES HOME ON SHORT LEAVE AND GONE AGAIN, AND THEN ANOTHER SHORT LEAVE AND GONE AGAIN.THIS TIME FOR A LONG TIME,AND IT CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED TO THIS DARLING LITTLE BOY, WHY!!
I THINK OF MY NEPHEW WHO ALWAYS TRIES TO APPEAR LIKE SUCH A MAN OF STEELE, AND REMEMBERING HIS FACE CRUMBLING, AS HE SAID GOODBYE TO HIS SON, OR THE FACE OF HIS MOTHER, MY SISTER, AS SHE SAYS GOODBYE TO HER ONLY SON. I KNOW WHY HE IS GOING THERE AND IT IS ONLY BCAUSE THAT IS WHERE HIS COUNTRY IS SENDING HIM. HE WOULD GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB, AND KICK A LOT OF TAIL WHILE DOING HIS JOB. BUT I AM ANGRY ON MY FAMILIES' BEHALF AND FOR ALL WHO HAVE TO WATCH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS GO AWAY. IT IS ONE THING TO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY, OR HELP SOMEONE WHO IS BEING BEATEN DOWN, BUT WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING BASED ON A PACK OF LIES, IT IS WRONG! THOSE POWERS THAT BE SHOULD HAVE NIGHTMARES EVERY NIGHT OF THE WORLD OF CHILDREN AND MOTHERS,ETC...( FROM BOTH SIDES) CRYING, TELLING THEIR LOVED ONES GOODBYE AND BEGGING THEM NOT TO GO. SOMEHOW OUR "CHILDREN" HAVE GOT TO BECOME MORE THAN FIGHTING UNITS.TO THESE PEOPLE I KNOW I AM ASKING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE. BEAUSE THIS WORLD DOES NOT GET THE POINT OF SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE.OR PEACE, LOVE, AND UNDERSTANDING, I KNOWTHE STUGGLE WILL NOT CEASE UNTIL JESUS COMES AGAIN, BUT REALLY DO WE HAVE TO MAKE IT SO EASY FOR THE "OLD MAN DOWNSTAIRS". CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE REALLY WERE PEACEMAKERS? THAT WE DID NOT HAVE A HIDDEN(OR NOT) PLAN.THIS COUNTRY IS PAYING NOW BECAUSE WE ACT LIKE WE GIVE WITH ONE HAND,BUT WE TAKE WITH THE OTHER,OR WE ARE JUST BIDDING OUR TIME TO STEP IN AND TAKE OVER. FUNNY OVER 200 HUNDRED YEARS AGO WE FOUGHT ENGLAND OVER THE SAME KIND OF TACTICS, BUT WE DID NOT ROLL FAR FROM THE TREE ,DID WE? FOOD FOR THOUGHT AS I SIT HERE PRAYING FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND FOR MY NEPHEW THAT HE MAKES IT HOME , SO I CAN SEE ONE LITTLE BOY'S EYES LIGHT UP WITH HAPPINESSAND SEE IT REFLECTEIN THE EYES OF IS FATHER.