Marine Mom

Sorry it's been a while...I haven't been taking the last news too well.  But, that's what this blog is supposed to be about, right?  Having a place to air my frustrations and share my fears.  Thank you to everyone that has reached out to me and been so supportive..I appreciate it more than you know.

With the warmer weather the fighting has picked up over there.  I guess the need to hibernate during the winter months is global.  Now that it is warming up the Taliban feels like fighting again, so there is alot more activity and a lot more flights in and out.  This, of course, means that they are all working some crazy hours and also means that Nate and I don't get many chances to talk.

He did try to email me some pictures last night, but the pictures didn't show up in the email.  They were from the flight line, so he will try again.  Yesterday was his 25th birthday!  He hasn't received his birthday packages yet, but I didn't really expect that he would.  Hopefully they will get there sometime this week.

The image below is of the Marines loading up to take supplies to Japan.

Quote of the day:

"Strength does not come from winning.  Your struggles develop your strength.  When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

                                                                                                                       - Unknown