Reply #14: I spent three days waiting for word from a friend who's in Mosul [View All]

He's part of the Stryker Brigade from Fort Lewis, just south of here. He's the boyfriend of one of my three employees at my little shop. We finally heard from him yesterday; amazingly, he was supposed to go on a mission the day of the explosion and was nowhere near the mess tent.

My heart goes out to all of our soldiers overseas, and to their families who live on pins and needles every day of the year, not just during the holidays. I have never known anyone in a combat zone before. But in our little shop we're like a family, and he's part of it.

I have no message for any lurkers here, other than I wish for the safe return of all of our troops even more now than I did before this past week.