Topic: Pray 4 Military Mom { Journey2008 } & Sons !!! Please
Journey2008's photo
Thu 01/15/09 05:44 AM


Hi everybody, just wanted to give you an update. I just found out this evening that not only is my youngest son going back over for his 6th tour the first of February, his wife is due to go back over in May. My oldest son is going over in June. I don't know how I'm going to handle having all three of them over there at the same time.

Thank you, all, so much for your thoughts and prayers and friendship. It means more than you know.:heart: drinker flowerforyou


I'm freaking speachless.No I'm not..

It's just bullsh*t..They just come home and now they are going back....BULL...

I thought about this with Brett...That this may happen to him also..

This war needs to END.....

Not in a pleasant mood..

I'm off...

All my Love Journey....:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: smooched hugs..flowers flowers flowers


Suzanne...I just saw this post. I'm getting used to them sending them over. I don't like it...not ONE bit, but have to continue to be positive and support them like always. I agree with you that the war has to end, and it can't end fast enough for me, I can only imagine what our soldiers feel like. I have to say though that out of my youngest son's (OJ) six tours, he volunteered to go over for two of them, so that someone else in his group could stay home. One of his guys wives was due to have a baby and was having difficulties, and I can't remember the reason for the other, but it was equally important to him that they be able to stay home. I'm scared and concerned for him when he is over there, but am so proud at the same time.

Journey2008's photo
Thu 01/15/09 05:59 AM


Hi everybody, just wanted to give you an update. I just found out this evening that not only is my youngest son going back over for his 6th tour the first of February, his wife is due to go back over in May. My oldest son is going over in June. I don't know how I'm going to handle having all three of them over there at the same time.

Thank you, all, so much for your thoughts and prayers and friendship. It means more than you know.:heart: drinker flowerforyou



tears Oh Dear Lady...I am soo sorry for you tears


huh what is the deal with the powers that be ? huh


frown don't they have enough of your Family members ?frown


noway I didn't even think that they let brothers in combat together noway


:cry: let alone husbands and wives together :cry:


oh, but the sons & daughters


of those who call the shots


noway never have to go ...noway



sad it makes me soooooooooooooooo sick sad


((Nessa)) Apparently the rules have changed regarding sons serving at the same time. And husbands and wives for that matter. My son and daughter in law were over there at the same time in 2007/2008, that's why I was in Arkansas keeping the kids for them. It's hard on everbody involved. The parents are overseas, the children are still here. When the children are so little they don't understand where mommy and daddy went. I told them that they were working far away, but that was a mistake. When they finally came home and had to go back to work on base, their youngest freaked out when they told him they had to go to work. Poor little guy thought they were going to leave him again! Thank God for technology though. My kids got to see their kids open their presents on Christmas morning over the computer webcams!! And their children got to wish them Merry Christmas! Not the same...I know, but better than nothing.

Journey2008's photo
Thu 01/15/09 06:02 AM
Thanks, everyone, for checking in on the threads and showing love and support for our military! The troops really appreciate it and so do I!!

Robin2007's photo
Thu 01/15/09 06:39 AM
Good morning all,just thought I would add my two cents to this Military thread because I can in some ways sure understand how regular peoples feel about the peoples who are serving in the military and have had to be sent overseas to serve & protect there country,it can indeed be very hard,but they are fighting for a cause that some believe in & that they are also fighting to protect their family's future.So,ya gotta give the service men & women their dues because in there families eyes,they are the True heroes of our times.

Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/15/09 08:55 AM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/15/09 09:18 AM



Hi everybody, just wanted to give you an update. I just found out this evening that not only is my youngest son going back over for his 6th tour the first of February, his wife is due to go back over in May. My oldest son is going over in June. I don't know how I'm going to handle having all three of them over there at the same time.

Thank you, all, so much for your thoughts and prayers and friendship. It means more than you know.:heart: drinker flowerforyou


I'm freaking speachless.No I'm not..

It's just bullsh*t..They just come home and now they are going back....BULL...

I thought about this with Brett...That this may happen to him also..

This war needs to END.....

Not in a pleasant mood..

I'm off...

All my Love Journey....:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: smooched hugs..flowers flowers flowers


Suzanne...I just saw this post.

I'm getting used to them sending them over.

I don't like it...not ONE bit,

but have to continue to be positive

and support them like always.

I agree with you that the war has to end,

and it can't end fast enough for me,

I can only imagine what our soldiers feel like.

I have to say though

that out of my youngest son's (OJ) six tours,

he volunteered to go over for two of them,

so that someone else in his group could stay home.
One of his guys wives was due to have a baby

and was having difficulties,

and I can't remember the reason for the other,

but it was equally important to him that they be able to stay home.

I'm scared and concerned for him when he is over there,

but am so proud at the same time.





flowers Oh, I am so proud to be your Friend Brenda flowers


:heart: You are truly an amazing lady drinker so kind & loving & longsuffering :heart:


drinker & your Sons are just as incredibly fine as you are drinker


smokin what brave courage & incredible love your Sons have smokin


drinker Your youngest one smokin < OJ > smokin who has been in the Military the longest drinker

drinker is one totally badazz dude smokin & such an amazing human being drinker

smokin and your other Son who also picked up the Mighty Torch smokin

drinker what an honor and blessing they both are drinker

smokin to your Family drinker and to Our Country smokin

:heart: i don't know much about your Daughter in Law :heart:

drinker except that her husband <Your Son > is also there drinker

sad and I know that they both have to leave their children sad


smokin drinker smokin to go serve their Country smokin drinker smokin

flowerforyou & i can't think of any higher calling on Earth flowerforyou


drinker than the one they respond so quickly to drinker


tears & the sacrifice they make is absolutely heart wrenching tears








Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/15/09 09:09 AM
Edited by Rapunzel on Thu 01/15/09 09:14 AM



Hi everybody, just wanted to give you an update. I just found out this evening that not only is my youngest son going back over for his 6th tour the first of February, his wife is due to go back over in May. My oldest son is going over in June. I don't know how I'm going to handle having all three of them over there at the same time.

Thank you, all, so much for your thoughts and prayers and friendship. It means more than you know.:heart: drinker flowerforyou



tears Oh Dear Lady...I am soo sorry for you tears


huh what is the deal with the powers that be ? huh


frown don't they have enough of your Family members ?frown


noway I didn't even think that they let brothers in combat together noway


:cry: let alone husbands and wives together :cry:


oh, but the sons & daughters


of those who call the shots


noway never have to go ...noway



sad it makes me soooooooooooooooo sick sad


((Nessa)) Apparently the rules have changed regarding sons serving at the same time. And husbands and wives for that matter. My son and daughter in law were over there at the same time in 2007/2008, that's why I was in Arkansas keeping the kids for them. It's hard on everbody involved. The parents are overseas, the children are still here. When the children are so little they don't understand where mommy and daddy went. I told them that they were working far away, but that was a mistake. When they finally came home and had to go back to work on base, their youngest freaked out when they told him they had to go to work. Poor little guy thought they were going to leave him again! Thank God for technology though. My kids got to see their kids open their presents on Christmas morning over the computer webcams!! And their children got to wish them Merry Christmas! Not the same...I know, but better than nothing.




Oh, My Gosh...Honey...flowers

That is such a sad but incredibly beautiful blushing :heart: blushing

& noble story smokin drinker smokin


Yes, it is sad enough for Our Soldiers sad

to have to leave their homes & familiar towns

as it is :cry:

let alone when they have to leave their Mothers,

Fathers, Brothers, Sisters & Friends :heart:

and when they have to see the looks on the faces :cry:

of their innocent children who miss their parents sad

who just don't understand why they are gone tears


that must be the most painful of all for them

and for the kids:cry:


drinker i am so glad happy that i started this thread for you drinker

and the thread for Suzanne flowers < Zanne46 > too flowers


:heart: blushing :heart: for she is also our precious Sister blushing :heart: blushing


sad & also going through hell sad with her Boy gone overseassad



flowerforyou so this is a special place for you to vent flowerforyou

:heart: and a place where we could come and love you :heart:

drinker and offer our support and endless prayers drinker



:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:




& i am soo happy & relieved that your Sons bigsmile

and Daughter in law got to see the Children happy

open their presents on Christmas blushing


even if it was on webcam flowerforyou ~ thank God for that drinker


happy that must have been so special blushing and soo precious happy




Rapunzel's photo
Thu 01/15/09 09:21 AM

Good morning all,just thought I would add my two cents to this Military thread because I can in some ways sure understand how regular peoples feel about the peoples who are serving in the military and have had to be sent overseas to serve & protect there country,it can indeed be very hard,but they are fighting for a cause that some believe in & that they are also fighting to protect their family's future.So,ya gotta give the service men & women their dues because in there families eyes,they are the True heroes of our times.





flowerforyou good day and nice to meet you flowerforyou


drinker thank you soo much for stopping by drinker


flowers Robin2007flowers


:heart: and for your sweet sentiments & support :heart:

Robin2007's photo
Thu 01/15/09 10:17 AM
No worries Rapunzel

Journey2008's photo
Thu 01/15/09 10:56 AM

Good morning all,just thought I would add my two cents to this Military thread because I can in some ways sure understand how regular peoples feel about the peoples who are serving in the military and have had to be sent overseas to serve & protect there country,it can indeed be very hard,but they are fighting for a cause that some believe in & that they are also fighting to protect their family's future.So,ya gotta give the service men & women their dues because in there families eyes,they are the True heroes of our times.


Thank you, Robin, for stopping by. And you are so right...my sons and my daughter in law are my heroes, along with everyone else's son's and daughter's that are in our military, no matter whether they are stateside or overseas. I love and respect every one of them.drinker flowerforyou

Rapunzel's photo
Tue 01/20/09 08:04 PM
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Rapunzel's photo
Mon 01/26/09 08:53 AM
Pledge Of Allegiance, Revisited

I Pledge Allegiance

a solemn vow of obedience, from the earliest age of grievance,
when found deliverance, one people, united against,

tyranny and intolerance,

become the model, of democracy and tolerance.

To The Flag

the symbol of once colonization, come together in celebration,
a new unconquerable nation, a successful castration,
of oppression and dictation.

Of The United States Of America

a conglomeration, of peoples, form one nation coast to coast,
a single relation, one voice, one oration, tread on me,
expect retaliation.

And To The Republic

a democracy, its creation, the Constitution, its foundation,
agreeable to all, in origination, fiercely guarded against demolition,
militarization, and impregnation; over all these years, still on station.

For Which It Stands

the protector, of all oppressed lands, the world over, she lends a hand,
her signature, her blood, in foreign sand.

One Nation

from sea to sea, whether rich or poor, some vocal, others,
chose to ignore, those who guard the shore,
those who knock on heavens door, one nation, esprit de corps.

Under God

in a time, when belief was strong, today, should not be wrong,
having been with us, so very long, a few may sing, a different song,
most will believe, as they have, all along.

Indivisible

one as a whole number, cannot be divided, by any other,
many have tried, under guise, of brother, only to be denied,
by the mother.

With Liberty And Justice For All

the means, to end, all oppression, infinitely wrong with transgression,
succession, regression, and repression along.

Our Pledge of Allegiance

a pledge of a nation, a history profound, one indivisible number,
all it takes, to be, no longer allowed.

By Mac McGovern






Seakolony's photo
Mon 01/26/09 08:55 AM
My best wishes to you and yours......strength to you all!! :smile:

Rapunzel's photo
Mon 01/26/09 08:58 AM

My best wishes to you and yours......strength to you all!! :smile:



flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou Ohh Honey thank you so much flowerforyou flowerforyou flowerforyou


blushing tears blushing Your love and compassion :heart: is felt so strongly blushing tears blushing


flowerforyou & is so :heart: greatly appreciated flowers God Bless you :heart: My Dear Sis flowerforyou

Journey2008's photo
Mon 01/26/09 06:59 PM

My best wishes to you and yours......strength to you all!! :smile:


Thank you so much!!

Rapunzel's photo
Mon 01/26/09 07:51 PM
flowers My Dear flowerforyou Friend Brenda flowers


drinker I hope everything flowerforyou is going well flowerforyou for you Sisdrinker


flowerforyou I love you :heart: & just wanted to let you know I care flowerforyou



:angel: You and your Family :thumbsup: are always :thumbsup: in my heart & prayers :angel:

Seakolony's photo
Tue 01/27/09 03:02 AM


My best wishes to you and yours......strength to you all!! :smile:


Thank you so much!!

You are quite welcome and if it wasnt for the military I wouldn't exist, LOL. :wink: laugh happy

Rapunzel's photo
Tue 01/27/09 09:18 AM



My best wishes to you and yours......strength to you all!! :smile:


Thank you so much!!

You are quite welcome and if it wasnt for the military I wouldn't exist, LOL. :wink: laugh happy




same here drinker flowerforyou :heart: flowerforyou drinker

Journey2008's photo
Wed 01/28/09 07:11 AM

flowers My Dear flowerforyou Friend Brenda flowers


drinker I hope everything flowerforyou is going well flowerforyou for you Sisdrinker


flowerforyou I love you :heart: & just wanted to let you know I care flowerforyou



:angel: You and your Family :thumbsup: are always :thumbsup: in my heart & prayers :angel:


Thanks Nessa! I'm doing okay. Busy trying to find work and get myself settled. I hope I made the right decision. I'm having a hard time with this, but have to keep telling myself that this is right. I can't keep them forever. My sister told me that I have to "cut the apron strings". She's right, of course, but when your children are in harms way it is so hard to distance yourself from them. I have put them, all of them, into God's hands and have to trust in him to take care of them for me!!

Rapunzel's photo
Wed 01/28/09 08:36 AM
Edited by Rapunzel on Wed 01/28/09 08:40 AM


flowers My Dear flowerforyou Friend Brenda flowers


drinker I hope everything flowerforyou is going well flowerforyou for you Sisdrinker


flowerforyou I love you :heart: & just wanted to let you know I care flowerforyou



:angel: You and your Family :thumbsup: are always :thumbsup: in my heart & prayers :angel:


Thanks Nessa! I'm doing okay. Busy trying to find work and get myself settled. I hope I made the right decision. I'm having a hard time with this, but have to keep telling myself that this is right. I can't keep them forever. My sister told me that I have to "cut the apron strings". She's right, of course, but when your children are in harms way it is so hard to distance yourself from them. I have put them, all of them, into God's hands and have to trust in him to take care of them for me!!





flowers Oh Brenda..drinker .you are a fine & noble lady flowers

blushing and making decisions regarding our Children blushing

noway are not easy choices , they never are !!! noway


blushing :heart: for they are tender matters of the heart blushing :heart: blushing


sad and when your own children :heart: :heart: :heart: are in the midst of harm's way sad


:cry: it makes it even more tenderblushing blushing blushing & soo hard to decide :cry:



flowerforyou Everyone has to find drinker a balance in life flowerforyou


drinker and this is where you are drinker


.flowers ..so take a deep breath happy & hang in there flowers


smokin and keep on keeping on drinker with confidence smokin


flowerforyou knowing that you walk not this path alone. flowerforyou


:heart: God is right there :angel: speaking to the very depths of our souls :heart:

:heart: to help us make the absolute right choices :heart:


drinker and He will be there :heart: :heart: :heart: to help our Children drinker


flowerforyou whether we are there physically or not flowerforyou




flowers and that 's what we have been given , Sis flowers


:angel: :thumbsup: :angel: :heart: our Lord :heart: Our Faith :heart: & our prayers :heart: :angel: :thumbsup: :angel:


ohwell Which may not seem like much huh to the natural mind huh on a physical level ohwell


:thumbsup: but to the Infinite Mind drinker & on a spiritual level :angel:


:thumbsup: They are exactly perfect :heart: :heart: :heart: & definitely All :heart: :heart: :heart: that we need :thumbsup:




Journey2008's photo
Wed 01/28/09 11:47 AM



flowers My Dear flowerforyou Friend Brenda flowers


drinker I hope everything flowerforyou is going well flowerforyou for you Sisdrinker


flowerforyou I love you :heart: & just wanted to let you know I care flowerforyou



:angel: You and your Family :thumbsup: are always :thumbsup: in my heart & prayers :angel:


Thanks Nessa! I'm doing okay. Busy trying to find work and get myself settled. I hope I made the right decision. I'm having a hard time with this, but have to keep telling myself that this is right. I can't keep them forever. My sister told me that I have to "cut the apron strings". She's right, of course, but when your children are in harms way it is so hard to distance yourself from them. I have put them, all of them, into God's hands and have to trust in him to take care of them for me!!





flowers Oh Brenda..drinker .you are a fine & noble lady flowers

blushing and making decisions regarding our Children blushing

noway are not easy choices , they never are !!! noway


blushing :heart: for they are tender matters of the heart blushing :heart: blushing


sad and when your own children :heart: :heart: :heart: are in the midst of harm's way sad


:cry: it makes it even more tenderblushing blushing blushing & soo hard to decide :cry:



flowerforyou Everyone has to find drinker a balance in life flowerforyou


drinker and this is where you are drinker


.flowers ..so take a deep breath happy & hang in there flowers


smokin and keep on keeping on drinker with confidence smokin


flowerforyou knowing that you walk not this path alone. flowerforyou


:heart: God is right there :angel: speaking to the very depths of our souls :heart:

:heart: to help us make the absolute right choices :heart:


drinker and He will be there :heart: :heart: :heart: to help our Children drinker


flowerforyou whether we are there physically or not flowerforyou




flowers and that 's what we have been given , Sis flowers


:angel: :thumbsup: :angel: :heart: our Lord :heart: Our Faith :heart: & our prayers :heart: :angel: :thumbsup: :angel:


ohwell Which may not seem like much huh to the natural mind huh on a physical level ohwell


:thumbsup: but to the Infinite Mind drinker & on a spiritual level :angel:


:thumbsup: They are exactly perfect :heart: :heart: :heart: & definitely All :heart: :heart: :heart: that we need :thumbsup:







Dear, sweet Vanessa, you always know the right things to say at just the right time!! I was feeling a little down today, but you picked me right back up!! You reminded me to keep my faith! I WILL be just fine! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!