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Encouraging words
BOBBYWINS
Member Posts: 7,810
On a good day,I can BS with the best of'em,
but I have never been good at finding the words
to encourage someone who is having a hard time with
something(death,illness,lost love,etc.)
Now to the point.I have a very dear freind who's son
has been in Iraq for about 4 months now.He started out
in Bagdad and for the last couple of months in Tikrit.
So far so good.He's a "tank mechanic" out of Fort Hood.
His name is Arturo Yanez.She gets a call from him
whenever he can to let her know he's ok,but yesterday
was different.He's killed 4 men since the last call,
apparently his first.He's no longer the son she knew.
He was expecting to be coming home sometimes around
November,but now he says it may be April.
My freind has seven children,four of which have been
or currently in the military.All four have seen action
somewhere.She had three in Kuwait at the same time.
She is convinced that her luck is running out and she
really needs a freind (like me)for encouragment,but I can't
find the words when the time comes.
Almost forgot,her daughter was sent to Korea a month or so ago,
so there's two to worry about now.
Arturo tells her that he sleeps with his finger on the trigger
(if he sleeps).Their fired upon on a daily basis.
Help me find the words,my freinds.Thank you,BW
IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
but I have never been good at finding the words
to encourage someone who is having a hard time with
something(death,illness,lost love,etc.)
Now to the point.I have a very dear freind who's son
has been in Iraq for about 4 months now.He started out
in Bagdad and for the last couple of months in Tikrit.
So far so good.He's a "tank mechanic" out of Fort Hood.
His name is Arturo Yanez.She gets a call from him
whenever he can to let her know he's ok,but yesterday
was different.He's killed 4 men since the last call,
apparently his first.He's no longer the son she knew.
He was expecting to be coming home sometimes around
November,but now he says it may be April.
My freind has seven children,four of which have been
or currently in the military.All four have seen action
somewhere.She had three in Kuwait at the same time.
She is convinced that her luck is running out and she
really needs a freind (like me)for encouragment,but I can't
find the words when the time comes.
Almost forgot,her daughter was sent to Korea a month or so ago,
so there's two to worry about now.
Arturo tells her that he sleeps with his finger on the trigger
(if he sleeps).Their fired upon on a daily basis.
Help me find the words,my freinds.Thank you,BW
IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
Comments
"Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet."
You DO NOT say those things to your friends/family, etc. over the phone, in a letter, etc., or anyone else. The time for that is after you return, if at all.
SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems