A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip. ~Author Unknown
How many of us remember what we were doing on our 23rd birthday? Heck, if I were honest I'd have to admit I'm not really sure what I was doing on my 54th birthday even though it occurred forty-two days ago. I like to claim that I'm still playing with a full deck....I just shuffle a little slower these days.
Tomorrow Seth and Eli will celebrate their 23rd birthday and I'm pretty sure that they will always remember where they were and what they were doing. What they'll be doing is getting ready for another trip outside the wire. They'll be on the same mission this time, something that I don't think has happened since they both returned to Iraq from their leave. Tomorrow will be spent getting ready for the trip....getting equipment ready and having briefings. Their plan is to celebrate their birthday by getting pizza for dinner and watching a movie. This is Seth's second birthday celebration in a war zone. He turned 20 sitting in Afghanistan. While it can't possibly be much fun celebrating your birthday in Iraq this one will have to be better than his 20th because he and Eli are together. It must be nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on...someone to be with you.....even if you're 8,000 miles from home and loved ones!
As their time grows shorter, instead of being comforted, I think Jan and I are getting more anxious. Last Thursday Jan asked me through tears if I remembered what we were doing a year ago that night. Now I've already confessed that I can't remember what I was doing forty-two days ago, so what chance did I have at 365 days? A year ago last Thursday we were sitting with Seth, Brittany, Eli and Katy at an Eddie From Ohio concert at the Black Friar Theater in Staunton. Eddie From Ohio is an east coast group that Josh introduced us to and they've become a family favorite. We just want Seth and Eli to come home safe, sound and soon so we can get back to the business of building those family memories of good times being together. As their time in Iraq winds down I think the anxiety will build until we hear they're on their way home.
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I remember that night--Vic and I were there and it was special seeing you all together. I anxiously check your blog regularly to keep up with the boys. They are in our prayers daily.
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