Mickeyistheman
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2005
Hello Everyone,
My brother is a Marine and is in Iraq right now, its been 6 days since we have heard from him and well its been tough.
Yesterday at his base they had another Family Day for us all to come and get the correct address to send him packages and letters since his Unit is now split up in 2 and just to let us know what our Marines are going through.
They talked alot about how he is going to change when he gets back etc. Also the Chaplain spoke about suicide and that bothered me a lot.
Reality has definately set in at this point. We have all come to conclusion that even if one of the Grandmas do pass on (which could happen) we are not going to tell him. We know he has a mission to complete and do not want him to feel that he is too far away and can't do anything.
No matter what happens to us here, we are not going to tell him about it, if its bad of course. I don't know how the other Wives, Moms, Sisters, Dad, brothers who have servicemen over there feel about it.
I am just worried about how high the rate of suicide is. And that it mostly happens over there, also when they return home as well.
Trying to stay upbeat today, I did start writing in a Journal to help me deal with things better.
My brother is a Marine and is in Iraq right now, its been 6 days since we have heard from him and well its been tough.
Yesterday at his base they had another Family Day for us all to come and get the correct address to send him packages and letters since his Unit is now split up in 2 and just to let us know what our Marines are going through.
They talked alot about how he is going to change when he gets back etc. Also the Chaplain spoke about suicide and that bothered me a lot.
Reality has definately set in at this point. We have all come to conclusion that even if one of the Grandmas do pass on (which could happen) we are not going to tell him. We know he has a mission to complete and do not want him to feel that he is too far away and can't do anything.
No matter what happens to us here, we are not going to tell him about it, if its bad of course. I don't know how the other Wives, Moms, Sisters, Dad, brothers who have servicemen over there feel about it.
I am just worried about how high the rate of suicide is. And that it mostly happens over there, also when they return home as well.
Trying to stay upbeat today, I did start writing in a Journal to help me deal with things better.