Reply #27: *hugs* [View All]

[evilqueen]

I'm a friend of KyndC.

My son is currently in his second week of Marine bootcamp in San Diego.

I'm trying to figure out what to say to you... in many ways, I have no words for how I feel about this whole thing with my son and others, like your son, who are facing their entrance into this hell. Every time I try to get to the point of words, I feel the tears well up and my throat constricting.

In many ways, I feel like I am still in shock from it all because it was like, one day he said he'd enlisted and the next week he was gone off to bootcamp. It isn't as if I didn't spend time talking to him, showing him websites and evidence of the lies of this administration, because I did. And there was nothing I could say or do to change his mind about going. I tried to get through to him, but he had his own mind made up about what he was going to do. Short of throwing myself in front of the bus he left in, there was nothing I could do to stop him.

At the same time, I am nose-to-the-grindstone working to support what Cindy Sheehan is doing. Working as an activist is what's getting me through this, day by day... and I know there are plenty of others with me in this, working to bring our troops home where they belong. Each day, my thoughts and all of my effort is dedicated to the moms and dads who, like me, are facing this hell our kids and our families are facing.

That's the thing, I know I'm not alone. And I just want you to know that you are not alone either.

Love,
Aine