Deployed

On the 26th of June our son Nicholas deployed to the middle east. My parents and I drove to Ft. Bragg to see him off and bring his wife back with us. She is going to be living here, she has an apartment and hopefully will have a job soon. Sadly Nick's deployment date moved several days and Mom & Dad had to come home so were unable to see him off. I stayed and rode back to Arkansas with Melissa. The above picture is of Nick and Melissa the evening he left. It was so hard to say good bye but we know that he will be home soon.





The two above pictures are of Nick and his buddy Barr. They've been stationed together since basic training. They went through basic, AIT and Airborne school together. I know that they have each other's back and that is comforting. Barr is a good a really good guy.

We hear from Nick fairly regularly, for now...not sure how long it will last but we are enjoying hearing from him. He's very upbeat and in good spirits, in spite of the mortar attacks they've been under. He said that the first one he experienced really put life in perspective, that I have no doubt! I worry about him as he's said he's lost 15 lbs....he didn't have any extra to spare! Wonder if I could send him some of my extra? Guess that wouldn't work, too bad!

I'll keep everyone posted on how he's doing.