I wake up. I barely open my eyes and the light in the room burns my eyes. I rub my eyes and hope I am not getting another eye infection from wearing my contacts while sleeping. I don’t think I could explain more scar tissue on my eyes to a doctor. My eyes burn and I rub them as tears roll down my cheeks rewetting the lenses on my eyes.
Where am I? I wonder before opening my eyes again. I’m not at home with Megan and Mom – that must have been a dream. Yes that was just a dream. I let myself go back to sleep for a split second.
I sit in my office on another Al Asad morning. My Marines are still asleep. The office is quiet for a change, but I know it’s only a matter of a few hours before Marines, Sailors, Soldiers, civilians, just about anyone you can imagine on this base coming or going through our warehouse-office […]
Things That I Miss (and unfortunately cannot be sent through the mail).
The sound of a child’s voice, their laugh, the eternal hope in their eyes.
Human contact other then a handshake – a hug, a kiss,
Lazy […]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 10th, 2008 3 Comments »
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Good morning (well it’s a little before 5 in the morning here anyways). I just wanted to post a quick update and let everyone know I’m okay. The mission in my last blog went well and I’ll be posting more about it soon. Life out here has been insanely busy […]
