"Very Good, Jodi"

This is a picture of my grandfather's call to report for WWI. He never told us grandkids much about his time there...... we would gather from him that it wasn't good. Times were tough on the people there. And my 'poppy' was a very symphathtic man. He hated to see anyone hurting.


This is a picture of my son Chris.... in the middle..... when he was in Afghanistan. He is home now. I don't know about his two buddies. All of these men are honorable and I'm so glad that I got to know them.

My Grandfather is sitting under the numbers. I don't know when this was taken or where. I do know that he was home from WWI, but I don't know if he was married yet at this time. He died in 1980. One month later, my oldest son was born.

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I can not concentrate on anything lately. I'll chock some of it up the the lingering remnants of this cold, but most of it is because Chris left yesterday for Afghanistan. The situation is different and so he hadn't been able to call along the way. Like he did when he went to Iraq. All I know is that he has left the country. He did call Sunday evening, but he was still in California. He didn't know where they were flying to after that, so I told him to call when he could and was seriously hoping that it would be around 6 am the next morning. But, he hasn't called. When I know something, I'll let you know.

My grandfather served in World War I. He was "called up" in 1917. He wasn't married and served a couple years in France and Germany. He didn't tell us many stories. I don't know if it was because of the conditions, or that he just didn't want to be there and hated seeing the suffering.

My other grandfather didn't get "called up". He was too young. My ex-father-in-law served on a Frigate during the Korean War. I have two cousin's whose husbands both served in the Army in Vietnam.

My father went to West Point for 18 months, but didn't want to make it a career.

I'm very proud of the family members who have chosen to serve their country, but as a mother, I'm scared to death.