An update regarding my Son

My son, who recently joined the Army is about to finish AIT.
He’s managed to become a platoon leader which doesn’t surprise me. *wink*He sounds like a grown young man who I’d anticipate him to be. He sounds strong, like a leader and a soldier we ALL would want protecting our country.

A quick story… On Memorial Day a Soldier came into my casino area in his full dress uniform. He walked with a cane and a limp. He was there because our president of our casino had flown 50 soldiers and their families to our property as our vip guests. To be honest, it caught me off guard to see this soldier. My eyes welled up with tears, my voice was quickly unsteady. My boss, Bill, took care of this gentleman and not a single misstep happened dispite my unexpected emotion. I eventually went over to apologize to him and he knowingly knew I was a mother of a soldier. We chatted about my son’s job, him being sent to Iraq soon, and a few yet subtle powerful words to one another.

My son is strong. He’s healthy and doing everything a young soldier of his rank is supposed to be doing. He knows he comes from several generations of soldiers and oddly enough, has a calm sense about his job.

I am proud of my son. I am so incredibly proud of him that it easily overcomes any worry I may have for him. He’s an amazing young man.

I know I’ve kept many of you abreast as of late. I simply don’t have much time to write you individually so I wanted to send a letter to my extended family back home….

I love and miss y’all.

 

 

 

 

~ by blinkygirl on June 15, 2008.