Friday, July 24, 2009
Please, Mr. Wizard, I Don't Want To Be A WarriorMom Anymore!
From a great day to the depths, keeps us on our knees. Got a call from a choked up 21 year-old warrior today, that his dear friend and brother-in-arms was killed in Afghanistan yesterday. Most of the guys who were all together in Iraq last year were at an event in New York honoring a brother who was killed saving their lives last year. My warrior is in a different platoon now, different training, and was left behind and heard the news alone. Now my warrior is just my little guy who needs a hug and a kiss and a cookie to make it better, if it were only that easy. How do you help him deal with survivor guilt? How do you comfort a mom and dad who are going through an unthinkable ordeal?
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I'm so sorry. I don't even know what to say but I will certainly join you in prayer & I posted a song at my end that came right to mind.
ReplyDeleteYour son is blessed to have a prayer warrior like you! Hugs & prayers.
PRAYERS for ALL of you, from Courtney and Justin (my husband) in Charlotte, NC.
ReplyDeleteWarrior Mom--thanks for stopping by my place.
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry to stop by here for the first time, and read this incredibly sad news.
And it grieves me even more since we went through this 30-40 years ago in Vietnam. I lost friends there.
Prayers for you, your family and your son--and his friend's family.
:( I am always here with tissues and M&M's
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