So we are an Army family now. Well we have been since the day he left for BCT, only now we have a yellow ribbon tied to the tree and a Blue Star service banner flying in our living room window. My baby brother has been in Iraq since December 2nd, and while we are strong as a family we all still worry. We all want him to come home safe. Now my experience with all this is very different then someone who is married to a soldier but at the same time we go through the same senses, the same long nights, and of course the same struggles with putting our strongest face outward. From my point of view I wish there was more that I could do for the men and women who are overseas. I wonder if people have ever been in the airport when a battalion is departing for Iraq and seen the people who stand up and applaud as these young men and women leave, some of them going into places no one really wants to go. But they do anyway. They go so the other people in this country who could care less don't have to. We, as a country take too many things for granted, myself included. I drive to work everyday, down a highway that I know is safe to travel on. While our soldiers travel thru roads that could hide a roadside bomb, while the vehicle infront of or behind could be blown up at any given time along the journey. Now I'm not saying that everyone should become pro military, each person is free to support or not support whatever cause they want. But simply showing some respect isn't that hard. Respecting those who put their lives on the line to protect our well being. Just because a person doesn't agree with a war doesn't mean they can't show some respect to those who are only doing their job. I don't agree with CEO's of companies giving themselves such large bonuses that they can't afford to pay their employees, but you don't see anyone protesting outside of Merryl Lynch.
