Wayne and Toby

Mom got a call from Wayne today. It sounded like he was on the moon, with the echo and all. He seemed so tense. Well, I guess that would be understandable. Afghanistan might as well be on the moon. Soooo much to add there, but I will not. He gets to come home in 37 days for two weeks. We will have him home for the 4th of July. That is such a blessing. The mail seems to running late there. I must get more packages off to him. I have been lacking lately.

Wayne said that he got to meet Toby Keith, up close like. Talked to him and all. Hmmm, brought good old Toby up a couple of niches. I have been torn btwn Toby and the Dixie Chicks for awhile. I like Toby's stance, and I love their music, along with understanding their position. The whole ordeal bwtn them is exactly why my precious brother is in some god forsaken country, over half a world away, protecting liberties of a people who have no idea of what liberty is. The priviledge of being an American is so taken for granted. Wayne and those like him, are an honorable breed, good and true. Thank God for them. Like Franklin D Roosevelt said, " We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone.....but for all mankind."