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by southerngirlie at 3/30/2008 6:09:19 AM
Today is Sunday, March 30th...I just got to talk with my son, who is currently in Iraq. Man, I miss him! Luckily, he will be home in a few weeks. Of course, he's out on his own, and my home won't be his home, but just knowing that he is back here, safe on American soil is enough for me. I wonder how being there will have changed him. He seems harder in some ways, but then sometimes he seems softer and more caring. I think that the things he's seen and had to do has really made him grow up. I'm certain he values life and family more now than when he left. I also wonder if I prepared him for life. Not that my children has it easy, but they definitely had it better than alot of kids. I wonder if I should have made them work harder for what they got, instead of giving in sometimes and just letting them have it. I taught them to work, to keep their rooms clean and to care about one another, but was it enough? Have I shown them what it means to be loyal, giving and have good ethics? I think I have..at least all of them are productive adults and have never ended up in jail or with substance abuse, like so many other kids. And they still call home and not only when they need something!
I've done my best and now I think it's finally MY time to enjoy life. I'm excited about the future..and even more excited that my son is coming home a hero... 
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