I have a friend in Iraq. The place he's at was hit today & hit hard. We lost 3 of our boys & some of the local police were also killed.
My friend says he is okay & wasn't injured, which i'm very grateful for, but my heart still hurts for the boys we lost. I'm sending out prayers to the families & will keep them in my thoughts.
When my friend & i "chat" he is sitting in a hooch with "big guns" all around him pointed out. He tells me not to worry, but i do. Today is one of the reasons that i will worry even tho he tries to reassure me.
Before i met him, i supported our troops & knew that there were some who weren't coming home to their lives & families, but it was a sort of abstract kind of awareness. Now that i have a friend over there, the reality of it has hit home & it hit hard. I now live each day knowing that my friend may not come home. It hurts.
So please, those of you who support our troops, keep saying a little prayer for them to come home safe.
To those of you who do not...... keep steppin' I don't wish to know you. But remember, the 3 who lost their lives today, did it for all of us at home. Even you.
