Mon. Aug. 28, 2006 -- Happy Mom here!!!
YES!!! Our Marine is back in the States. See below for my update as posted on the National Association for Christian Recovery Open Forum just now.
Thanks to those of you who may have been praying for their safe return. I am SO very thankful this night!
More as able---
Theodora
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08-28-2006, 11:06 PM
Theodora
Mon. Aug. 28, 2006 -- HAPPY MOM HERE!!!!
http://www.christianrecovery.com/vb/showthread.php?p=36996#post36996
Our Marine called us c. 8:50 p.m. CDT from California, having arrived c. an hour earlier. He and his unit had had an 18-hour trip, beginning with a chartered commercial flight out of Kuwait. (He has been stationed in Iraq on second deployment since Jan. of this year.) They had stop-overs in Germany, then Bangore, ME and then flew directly to San Diego. They've been working 12-hour shifts ALL summer long....so you KNOW he's glad to be home--for that, and other reasons, like seeing his now VERY pregnant wife!!!!! Now... is that an understatement or WHAT??!?!
Will try to do more about sharing on what details I can recall of his plans in the days ahead when I can. The good news is that he WILL have some time off prior to the birth of his first child--Sept. 25 is the due date--AND that the Marines grant paternity leave! I was so pleased (and not a little astounded!) to hear that!
I asked him to write up something we could send on to family/friends on our Christmas list and he promised he would. Ol' addled-headed mom REALLY has to "listen hard" sometimes to try to keep up with all he's doing/saying. He is, as one person described it, "quick to speech!" LOL!!! SO wonderful to hear the excitement/energy in his voice, even if he was understandably tired AND, though you may all put it down to my imagination, I swear he DID sound closer to home than he did when he called from Iraq!!!
Sigh.
Must stop and try to decompress a bit. Thanks to those of you who may have been joining with us in praying for their safe return. So far so good. Now to settle in to wait until he is "HOME" and we can hug him too!!!
Blessings to you all this night--
Theodora
Thanks to those of you who may have been praying for their safe return. I am SO very thankful this night!
More as able---
Theodora
--
08-28-2006, 11:06 PM
Theodora
Mon. Aug. 28, 2006 -- HAPPY MOM HERE!!!!
http://www.christianrecovery.com/vb/showthread.php?p=36996#post36996
Our Marine called us c. 8:50 p.m. CDT from California, having arrived c. an hour earlier. He and his unit had had an 18-hour trip, beginning with a chartered commercial flight out of Kuwait. (He has been stationed in Iraq on second deployment since Jan. of this year.) They had stop-overs in Germany, then Bangore, ME and then flew directly to San Diego. They've been working 12-hour shifts ALL summer long....so you KNOW he's glad to be home--for that, and other reasons, like seeing his now VERY pregnant wife!!!!! Now... is that an understatement or WHAT??!?!
Will try to do more about sharing on what details I can recall of his plans in the days ahead when I can. The good news is that he WILL have some time off prior to the birth of his first child--Sept. 25 is the due date--AND that the Marines grant paternity leave! I was so pleased (and not a little astounded!) to hear that!
I asked him to write up something we could send on to family/friends on our Christmas list and he promised he would. Ol' addled-headed mom REALLY has to "listen hard" sometimes to try to keep up with all he's doing/saying. He is, as one person described it, "quick to speech!" LOL!!! SO wonderful to hear the excitement/energy in his voice, even if he was understandably tired AND, though you may all put it down to my imagination, I swear he DID sound closer to home than he did when he called from Iraq!!!
Sigh.
Must stop and try to decompress a bit. Thanks to those of you who may have been joining with us in praying for their safe return. So far so good. Now to settle in to wait until he is "HOME" and we can hug him too!!!
Blessings to you all this night--
Theodora
3 Comments:
Big smile!
AWESOME!
Please pass on my appreciation and gratitude for all the things he has done serving our country.
(((((((((((((((( THEO ))))))))))
Im a lil late but so happy for you and your son!!! Hope you are continuing to have more and more energy!!! semper fi urah!!!!
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