This is a picture of my friend and hero. Wow this is really hard. My friend, actually one of my best friends was killed Sunday in Iraq. I try to live life with some semblence of normalcy but can't help but feel so sad and cry all the time. His wake is tomorrow and his funeral is on Sunday. He was such a fun, goofy guy and did not deserve this at all. There are so many things that are so wrong about this that go above and beyond the fact that we lost him. He has to have a closed casket because his body is too destroyed, God that kills me. He was to be promoted to Sgt. upon returning from his mission and he will never know it. He was just married before he left and his wife is completely destroyed. She has a 16 year old son who finally got the Dad he deserved when they married. This woman has already lost a fiance a while back, her dad and brother also died young. It is so damn unfair.
I am terrified that Jake is in Afganistan right now. I want to do something to keep him safe and yet we tried all of it with Eric, and lost him anyway. I know I am rambling, I just am so sad, scared, crushed and the tears do not seem to run out. I loved Eric and now I will never see his goofy smirk again.
Oh and I ran 6.14 miles today for him, a LSD PR for me.
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing the photo. What a tragedy but. Your friend is a hero. His sacrifice will not be in vain. Please let his family know that their sacrifice is precious to us in this nation. I'm so sorry for the loss.
WOW!!! You ran 6+ miles? I'm so incredibly impressed. Great PR, RR.
I'm so sorry to hear of your friend's loss. I'm thankful for his sacrifice, though.
((HUGS))
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