Nov. 13, 2008
Seeing Glenn
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We got to visit with Glenn, my brother (glenn's dad), my mom and dad and my grandma (the only remaining grandparent I have. I cannot believe Grandpa has been gone for almost a year already) at my grandma's house today. It was nice to see Glenn is safe and in tact. He is on leave from serving in Afghanistan. He hasn't seen much action (Thank you, God). He did however save a man's life. Apparently he was just getting off of guard duty one day when he heard shots fired. He got to the 'scene'--first one to find that a civilian contractor had been shot in the leg. Apparently some sniper fire, but I have yet to get the full story as to whether or not they figured out who, what, where and why. The man was bleeding pretty bad. Glenn applied a tourniquet thus saving the man's life. He received a 'coin' and personal congrats from a 3-star general. He will be receiving his medal sometime in the future. We are quite proud of him. I got to see a picture of the elusive 'girlfriend'. She is drop dead gorgeous. Mom and dad got to meet her. I sincerely hope he isn't real serious about her---being in the Army for 2 1/2 more years and the fact that, while he is 20 years old...he is a young 20...if that makes sense. My friend here says that he may be an old 22 when he gets out of the Army. I am sure she right....but it would be good for him to delay a serious relationship until he is either not deployed or out of the military. Am I being too much of a wet blanket here? I don't know. Maybe. Anyway, it was great to see him and hug him and just plain SEE him. Even tho I don't see him often anyway (living 6 hours south), it is different having him in a war zone. He is moving off the mountain that they were on and closer to sea level. I have no real idea where he is (other than Afghanistan) and that bothers me. I would rather have a map up or something. I have his time zone on a widget on my igoogle page, but knowing where he is would be good for me as well. I guess there is something called "security" that they have to be worried about. I guess I will calm down and trust God. -kim He is Risen, Just as He said! |
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