wow...I don't know what to say.. reading your pictures & memories just touched my heart. golly, almost everyone in your "generation" serves other lives. both of my great-grandfathers who were in WWII too, there are sepia pictures of them on their horses but I know nothing about civil wars - I only can feel your smiling (joy & sad both) memories. it must be awfully hard seeing one of your loved leaving then comes back...then leaves again! ugh.

I have two young male-friends who I adore so much, noel & joey (not brothers) --they both are stationed somewhere in washington, near D.C. noel is an aircraft controller inspector too and he loves his job. and joey then was sent to iraq. both of them are like my brothers.

hey, about the new F12 (or F15 I forgot?) jets, have you heard about them yet? they need an approval from congressmen first before they decide to stop making F12 (if it was F15 or F12 if it was F15) jets and noel is exciting about that.. oh..how I wish for their (and yours) safe return!

anyway, I agree with someone above that you're very emotional yet, emotional woman! thanks for sharing, even though hard for me to read these, miss english teacher - they're interesting!

(((DEBBIE)))
..gina & her ark