Sunday, Feb. 05, 2006 1:45 P.M.
Scary Night Last night was scary. Too scary. Sister Buella hollered to me in pogo and asked me to IM her, saying it was urgent. This was about 11:30 or so and I was watching the weather radar to see if we were going to get the thunderstorms they were predicting. (we didn�t) She told me that here daughter-in-law called to say she received a call that Harry�s unit was involved in an attack and there were deaths and injuries. The reason they called with such little information is because though they didn�t have all the facts, it had already hit the local news there. Buella, sister Stella an I stayed in conference in IM for over an hour. How do you talk to a sister that was waiting for news of life and death about her only son? You don�t. You try to make small talk, but it doesn�t work. We just pretended to talk for awhile and Buella said it would probably be hours before she knew anything and we should go to bed. I made coffee for today, used the bathroom, watched a bit of news and turned the computer back on. She had IM�ed me again that Harry was ok. Thank God. I went to bed. We found out a little more today. He was on a convoy and his truck and the truck in front of him hit an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and it went off. According to the newspaper, two died and others were injured. Harry was treated and released back to duty. My heart goes out to the families that lost those two. It could easily been us. I said a quick hello to Harry a few minutes ago in IM. He is ok. I�m not going to get into the politics of this war. I am sick of reading about that part of it.
Please just remember all of them in your prayers and pray this will get over soon. This is Harry�s second go round over there. I hate it. I hate that my sister has to live with this every day. I hate that his wife has to live with it. I hate that we all do. No mother should have to worry like that.
Update. Harry just called his mom. The attack that was responsible for the two killed was a seperate one from the one Harry was in. Yup, two the same night. His sergeant will receive a purple heart for shrapnel he now has burried in his head, but he will live. Harry himself ended up with a small rock in his eye, singed eyebrows and scratches on his face from the blast, but otherwise he is fine. As fine as one could be after that, I suppose.
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