The news I really hoped I would never get came today...my son Alex. aged 19, got a call from his unit that he's on the list to go to Iraq. Please pray this is a mix up as he took on a long agreement with the PA Army National Guard so that he could study for 2 years, then be available for deployment. He hasn't even finished his first year. He looks like a dear caught in the headlights of a very big car, and I'm afraid I look like a very moist dish rag right now. I don't want to go bawling my eyes out in front of him, but I really need to bawl my eyes out. There's no lack to moisture in this girls face today.
Not that any soldier deserves to be there any more than mine, but please, if you're a praying person, pray that this is a mistake and he gets another year and the clearer head of a new government leader before he has to go over there.
One very upset Mama, Tracy