Comments on: I Don’t Know Where Soldier Son Is

By: carol

carol — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:11:18 +0000

You know we ALL worry about him being in Iraq. He’s on our church prayer list - and on our personal one as well. As are you. Love you! By the way - I wrote a post about this post. I figured the more people who know and who can pray, the better.

By: The Median Sib

The Median Sib — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:58:13 +0000

Our Soldier Sons - God Watch Over Them…

Seeing the self-interest, stupidity and political posturing masquerading as patriotism and scholarly intellect turns my stomach. . . .If the idiot leftwingers could have been non-partisan and truly patriotic long enough to support our country through t…

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:38:04 +0000

Beth, you and Josh are in my prayers. I know you are worried so I will ask the Lord to give you peace and to put a hedge of protection around Josh.
Keep us posted.
Love you.

By: Richard Downey

Richard Downey — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:35:26 +0000

Beth,

I’m right there with you. We endured our son’s deployements to both Iraq, and later, Afghanistan, with the 173rd Airborne Brigade. He told me recently, “I’ve done some bad things, Dad.”

I replied, “No son, you’ve done some dirty work. There’s a difference.”

I hope this finds you with news of your son’s whereabouts and safety. There’s really nothing anybody can say to a parent in this situation save for, “I’m right there with you. Every other car coming up the driveway was, in my nightmares, a government vehicle with a casualty assistance officer and a chaplain.” But, alas, he made it through, and we go to the airport on Monday to finally hold our son in our arms.

It concerns me that you don’t know of any means to contact your son; to find his status. You should be able to contact his rear element; I’ve been in contact with my son’s brigade sergeant major. If I can be of any assistance, please post your son’s unit; maybe I, or somebody, can get you the information you need to contact your son/your son’s unit.

Rick Downey
Elizabethtown, Kentucky

By: Lady Jane

Lady Jane — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:35:49 +0000

Beth, you and your son are in my prayers! God is watching over you!

By: Joe S

Joe S — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:30:48 +0000

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your son.

…indeed!

Blessings,
Joe S

By: beth

beth — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:43:54 +0000

Thank y’all. That is so kind. I know you KNOW how it feels.

By: patty

patty — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:50:04 +0000

God - give Beth comfort, keep son safe and oh nudge him to call home. Stolen from Above.
Beth None of us can promise you anything but our prayers. Those you have…

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:07:58 +0000

Major hugs sweetie. I understand completely. I’ve finally trained the SGM not to just say “Have to go, will call you back” and hang up. Panic sets in for the time span it takes for him to call back … then I find out it was something like the dog getting out of the FOB, and not the 300 Taliban men coming over the wall my mind created during the wait.

God - give Beth comfort, keep son safe and oh nudge him to call home.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:03:16 +0000

Beth, I KNOW what you’re going thru sweetie, my Son has been home a year now but the whole time he was in Iraq I was on pins and needles, I don’t think I slept more than 2 or 3 hours at a time the entire year, and sometimes his ‘duty’ made it impossible for us to talk to him for several days at a time…

God love ya kiddo, my heart goes out to you, and we WILL be offering our prayers for his safety and your peace of mind…

Now I have an idea of what I put my folks thru when I disappeared for weeks at a time now…

I had one advantage over a lot of parents I guess, I had ‘other’ contacts in Iraq, one was a buddy of mine that was on staff with a General officer, I could get really good updates thru them and another was a ‘long lost’ buddy that turned up in Iraq as a civilian contractor, he kept me updated too…

I wish ALL parents had those contacts available to them, if my friends were still in Iraq I would gladly ask them to look in and see what they could tell us but they are all home now too…

Keep your chin up Beth, he’s well trained and with some good troops… Positive thoughts Gal, positive thoughts…