Thanks Randy that's a great idea. He is a lot younger than me, (20 + years difference). He is actually a second cousin or something. He is my cousin's son. But I was single and without kids and he was a toddler when I came home from being stationed in Okinawa (I've always loved kids) . I used to babysit him so my cousin and her husband could go out. They'd come home and find me with Trev in one arm and his sister my other arm all laying there sleeping where we had dozed off reading books. As he got a little older I used to take him to see the Sacramento Kings or the Harlem Globetrotters (which were better than the Kings for many years) for our birthdays (our birthdays are a day apart). Maybe I'll bring up going to a game again. With a little luck he should be home by next January, providing he doesn't get extended too long. He's been there since November and was supposed to be there for a year.
Adkins, Randy wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229739 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
