What's on your menu Tehachapi?
I like the meat and potatoes stuff, but what really whets my appetite is variety. The more exotic the more palatable.
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My son-in-law returned from his first two tours of duty in Iraq as the sole survivor of his original platoon. He was not quite 20 years old at the time. Now nearly 25, he’s completed a third tour, has re-enlisted and works as a recruiter in the Northwest. He’s married to his high school sweetheart and has two beautiful kids.
His wife, an only child raised with little or no exposure to child care, was pregnant with their first child when he enlisted. She gave birth and raised both of her infants mostly alone for nearly three years. (Obviously they made good use of the time they did spend together!) The oldest has been diagnosed as autistic and requires special care that is surprisingly difficult to obtain through military channels. She is a dedicated and loving mother and wife with a smile that could power cities, and the courageous heart of at least one young man.
They are happy, if young and a bit overwhelmed by the gritty reality of the economics, the responsibilities of adulthood and parenthood…The American Dream.
Neither of these young heroes had held full-time jobs or received any special training before they admirably and quite competently took on the world’s two oldest professions: Soldier, and mother, not necessarily in that order.
On this Memorial Day, please take a moment to pray for our troops overseas. Pray for those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for your American Freedoms. Pray for their families’ peace. But also pray for those heroes who are now thankfully home, but not necessarily safe.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder affects 2 out of 3 soldiers returning from the front lines. They come home heroes, but must quickly adapt to the workplace and a home life that is in stark contrast to the survivalist experience of War.
Since 911, Americans have advocated for Homeland Security and stealthily fought to keep the fighting on foreign soil. Now, The War is coming home. Don’t just welcome our returning heroes home: Protect them and help them, educate them, hire them, admire them, guide them and stand beside them. And heal them.
God Bless all our service men and women and their families on this Memorial Day – and every day.
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