Meatloaf sings a song titled, "Two Out of Three, Ain't Bad"...
As I was driving to work on Saturday morning, this song became stuck in my head. I was thinking back to earlier this year, when three blogging moms were supporting each other, as our Airmen were getting ready to deploy. Hallie's son, CJ was leaving for Afghanistan, Michelle's daughter, Shay was on her way to Iraq and my son B deploying to Afghanistan...all three were leaving within a several week span of each other. Three proud moms. Of course there was concern, it's not easy to have your child in the military. We prayed for our children, we prayed for each other. Shay and B are wrapping up their deployments and heading home soon. CJ came home within a couple weeks, because of an injury. CJ committed suicide last month.
Yep, Meatloaf got it all wrong...
14 comments:
so sad, war makes you have those thoughts, i hate it when someone takes it beyound thoughts.
two out of three was never good enough...you are right, this is wrong. Praying, praying, praying.
sarge...I join you in the sadness of the loss of one bright young man.
joanne...I pray along with you.
so sad. Please tell Hallie we are thinking of her.
Nothing to say...except I'm sorry.
I guess his demons got to be too much for him. Bless his soul.
ski...I hope it's ok if I call you ski, thanks for stopping by.
joyce...I will pass along your kind words. she is truly a broken mom...I can't even begin to imagine her pain.
mp...life is so very precious. hugs to my virutason.
coffeypot...those are my thoughts exactly, the demons took over. My heart hurts so much for the entire family.
Reading about Hallie again gives me such a heavy heart. I know what I feel pales in comparison to her pain. I can't wrap my head much less my heart around what happened and how difficult it must be for her. I also can only imagine how difficult it is for those with kids deployed. So I'll continue to send prayers and (((hugs))) and be thankful for all blessings big and small and the safe return of all of our loved ones.
afwingmom...we must never take the little things in life for granted. your prayers and hugs are so deeply appreciated!
Heartbreaking
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