Emotional Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster.
That's what they are all on - an emotional roller coaster. I imagine it's hardest on those that have loved ones at home - not parents and siblings - but wives, children and girlfriends. I know it's true when I talk to him. He told me that every time he has a close call he thinks of her and how close he came to never having a chance to show her how much he loves her. "Sorry dad, I don't think of you and mom - only her."
I tell him I understand and I do. I know in my heart that if it was me in his shoes I'd think of my wife in those same situations.
He said that when things happen to him the training takes over - mind and body. He reacts immediately and hopefully appropriately to the situation presenting itself. Usually it's all over in an instant or two and as soon as it is his thoughts then turn to her and he wants to cry.
Someone famous once said that war is hours and hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. He and I laughed about this quote because it is so very true - he says it's exactly what it's like.
I think about and pray for him constantly. And at the same time I think about and pray for his love so that she can find the strength necessary to wait for him because I realize that without her he has nothing - he shows me that over and over again.
That's what they are all on - an emotional roller coaster. I imagine it's hardest on those that have loved ones at home - not parents and siblings - but wives, children and girlfriends. I know it's true when I talk to him. He told me that every time he has a close call he thinks of her and how close he came to never having a chance to show her how much he loves her. "Sorry dad, I don't think of you and mom - only her."
I tell him I understand and I do. I know in my heart that if it was me in his shoes I'd think of my wife in those same situations.
He said that when things happen to him the training takes over - mind and body. He reacts immediately and hopefully appropriately to the situation presenting itself. Usually it's all over in an instant or two and as soon as it is his thoughts then turn to her and he wants to cry.
Someone famous once said that war is hours and hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. He and I laughed about this quote because it is so very true - he says it's exactly what it's like.
I think about and pray for him constantly. And at the same time I think about and pray for his love so that she can find the strength necessary to wait for him because I realize that without her he has nothing - he shows me that over and over again.
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