Oh another thing, make plans with him when he comes back. Get him involved in what you and him will do.
Could be anything like "When you get back, we are taking a trip to Jamaica and sit back and drink beer, etc..." Then build upon that, it can help dealing with things going on in Iraq. He will think about making it home to fulfill those plans. Could be simple as sitting on the deck drinking beer playing the guitar or anything. Something like that to look forward to helps a lot as well. -----Original Message----- From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Cousin in Iraq Being a veteran from Desert Shield / Storm, YES Communication from home is a HUGE moral booster. I can say when I was there, getting a letter, postcard, package, or anything would always bring a smile. Mail Call was a huge thing for us. Sometimes I use to read the letters over and over. Thinking what my Family was doing while I was there. However, being in combat and seeing all kinds of sh!t going on around, scuds, tanks, burned bunkers, etc, plays hell with your mind. That is why the letters give peace to the soldier (ex Army so deal with it LOL) And gives him/her a moment to reflect elsewhere rather than the mental sh!t going on there. Just my 2 Cents.. Take it or leave it. -----Original Message----- From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:45 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Cousin in Iraq > It hurts me that I don't know > what to say to him. Thankfully, I never had to serve in a combat zone. > But it leaves me pretty helpless feeling. Don't know what to do for him. I don't know that having been in combat would change whether you know what to say to him or not. At any rate try to keep up regular communication. If you don't have regular communication, start. e-mail, letters, etc. I guess we could ask Tim if hearing from home made a difference. stay in touch and available for him when he gets home. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
