Monday, March 24, 2008

Pray w/ me

For the first time since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, all 4 brigades of the 82nd Division (Henry being in one of the brigades) will all be home at the same time. One brigade is here, another is trickling in, Henry's will be soon, and the last one not long after. My thoughts have been on the DUIs that inevitably occur after a unit returns, especially from a long deployment. Then this happened recently: "Crash kills wife hours after soldier's homecoming". The soldier ended up having to have his leg amputed. I HATE these kind of stories. Just yesterday a fellow Army wife commented there is concern of suicides as well. I hadn't even thought of that. Has me flashing back to the murders/suicides that occurred here after the first ones returned from Afghanistan in 2002. There of course will be marriage difficulties/divorce, guys dealing with PTSD, etc. So would you please be thinking of and praying for Fayetteville/Ft Bragg and all the soldiers returning and their families over the next few months? Thank you.

1 comment:

Mrs. Guthrie said...

Definitely praying... I know military homecomings aren't always as rosy and GOOD as they should be in some families.