....I look at the wannabe punks in my neighborhood,and at the well able types all around---
and think of one of my kids that put everything down,walked away from it and joined the Marines in '01..
the 4 years have gone by,she would have graduated from college etc.
I watch the other kids get on with their lives totally unconnected/unconcerned from this.
yeah,u know it---she reupped.
This says everything about her character. Youmust be proud.
Thank you for sharing your child - for bring her up to pursue her dream - including the good of her nation - it is a most unselfish act, of the volunteer and the family as well.
My gratitude for your gift to all of us.
I have three family members and one in particular who has grown into manhood through his service in the Navy. He has signed on for a career now and has blossomed in ways we never dreamed possible.
Young people who choose to serve must have a special calling.