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Spring is just around the corner and I know I should be writing about something cheery and I really debated whether I should even discuss this issue with our readers, but I want to share this story with you…

I came home last night after being at an all day expo to find my daughters sitting in the dark looking as if the life had been drained out of them.  I asked what had happened and they told me that Eric was dead.  Eric was a Chelsea’s friend from high school who had been struggling with his life.  He had no family support, was living with a friend when their home burned to the ground.  One of the family members had died in the fire and his only hope to go to college was joining the army.  He adjusted very well and was going to be coming home early next year…but he never made it to college.

Our family watches intervention and last week we watched a show about a young boy who was also having trouble in his life, so he joined the army.  When he came home, he became a severe alcoholic.  He left rehab and is still drinking. 

Our events coordinator, Megan, was with some old friends who did make it back from Iraq this year.  They too have been drinking Jack Daniels on the rocks…every day.  She says they were showing pictures they had taken of people they had killed.  All I know is that I want our boys to come home healthy and to be able to live normal lives.  This is the first time our family has experienced the effects of this war personally and I wonder how you feel.  Please feel free to share your thoughts or experiences. 

My father was in the service and fought in the Korean War.  He actually died in 1963 during active duty with the Vietnam War, but he was duck hunting and in an accident.  I wonder if I would have felt differently about his death had he been killed during a battle.

I believe peace for our country is just around the corner and I hope we can become a nation that is respected for peace keeping and peace making.  Let’s welcome these men and women when they return from war help them transition back to lives of hope and opportunity.