A little more than a year ago~we received word that our grandson was going to Afghanistan on a tour of duty~ My heart raced and my mind went in circles~I have been hearing of all the young men and women~being deployed ~ Some returning home safely and others not so fortunate~
When the day arrived i knew it wasnt going to be an easy ~ but we knew that he was going for all the right reasons~
Every morning we would listen to the news intently~We worried the entire time he was gone and waited in anguish for a phone call or maybe an email~He did call a few times only to be cut off or disconnected when conditions werent good and that would be usually in the middle of a conversation~Not knowing if he was alright and what was happening~
I would then lay awake all night long wondering what he was going to say next and if we were going to hear his precious voice again~
Of course we worried~ Because between 2002 up to date ~~I think there were about 142 Canadians killed~ during tour of duty~That was the largest single loss of canadians during a mission ~~since the 1950's ~during the Korean War~which we lost over 500 young troops~
The entire process of war is so frustrating ~because along side ~of the usless and dreadful loss of lives ~ ` of all those young soldiers~there is no achievemeent and i truly doubt if it will ever really get any better if not worse~
With all those young people~~~who were so brave ~~to go and fight for for changes~ and make the world better ~My heart goes out to their families~ and i thank God for bringing back the ones that returned home safely~