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Today I had drill. It was our Christmas party and a dedication cereomony. The dedication ceremony was to dedicate the building to Caitlin Dima and to dedicate the Conference room to Doran Chan. Caitalin Dima was killed by a mortar on Nov 13, 2004. Doran Chan was killed in a humvee accident on March 18, 2004. Dima's wife, Florika was there and their 3 beautiful children. She is just such a wonderful person. I swear I look at her and the kids and it hurts. It hurts knowing that she lost the one man in the world she loved more than anyting. It hurts knowing that the kids will never really know him and that really sucks. He was something else. He was such a character...
Looking at Chan's parents hurts too. I really loved them both as people. He was such a good hearted and wonderful kind person to be around. You just felt how good he was being around him. He was his parents only child. I cannot even imagine what they are going through. I dont think anyone could. I was actually scared to go up to them today. I feel horrible that I couldnt even bring myself to say anything to Mr Chan. I think he still holds so much anger and pain that it is scary. I didnt even get two words out to Mrs. Chan and she was hugging me. I couldnt hold back the tears and I was speechless. I couldnt tell her how wonderful I thought he was or any story about him that might actually bring a smile to her face.
They put up some really nice pictures of them with us. I also had to put their Class A uniforms in a castle shaped wodden display case to honor them. The castle symbolizes the engineers in the army which is what we are.
In the spirit of today I want to say a little memory of each of them
Chan.....
Chan was really the very first person I really got to know from the unit. When I got back from AIT I got a letter letting me know that he was my Sponsor. So he called me or I called him I cannot remember and we met up my first drill and he showed me around. He was just so nice and funny but at the same time sooo very put together as far as the army goes. The funny thing to me is that most people that are so put together army wise are buttholes. He was just such a wonderful person. I seriously think I couldnt think of a single bad thing to say about him. He was always there to help you or back you up or just show you the way.....
My little story about Dima.......
This is a Story of the day that Dima was killed actually. It was a Saturday. Saturdays in Iraq were like Friday's here. The last day of the work week. In the morning when we got in we always had a formation to get all the new info out. In the formation he got promoted from SPC to SGT. When we got released to work we would always clean up our office building. So we would split up and do a certain part of the building. I remember being in the hallway by the stairs and him saying how beautiful his daughter is and how he couldnt wait to get home. He would always tell me and Lori how he had to tell us something. He would say it like it was very important. The he would get close and be like you guys are the ugliest girls I have ever seen then he would laugh.... That was just his sense of humor. He was so funny....
I will never forget Chan or Dima. They will live on forever in my heart. They should be here today......but it is a reminder to me that life is too short and never hold back on anything you feel.
Looking at Chan's parents hurts too. I really loved them both as people. He was such a good hearted and wonderful kind person to be around. You just felt how good he was being around him. He was his parents only child. I cannot even imagine what they are going through. I dont think anyone could. I was actually scared to go up to them today. I feel horrible that I couldnt even bring myself to say anything to Mr Chan. I think he still holds so much anger and pain that it is scary. I didnt even get two words out to Mrs. Chan and she was hugging me. I couldnt hold back the tears and I was speechless. I couldnt tell her how wonderful I thought he was or any story about him that might actually bring a smile to her face.
They put up some really nice pictures of them with us. I also had to put their Class A uniforms in a castle shaped wodden display case to honor them. The castle symbolizes the engineers in the army which is what we are.
In the spirit of today I want to say a little memory of each of them
Chan.....
Chan was really the very first person I really got to know from the unit. When I got back from AIT I got a letter letting me know that he was my Sponsor. So he called me or I called him I cannot remember and we met up my first drill and he showed me around. He was just so nice and funny but at the same time sooo very put together as far as the army goes. The funny thing to me is that most people that are so put together army wise are buttholes. He was just such a wonderful person. I seriously think I couldnt think of a single bad thing to say about him. He was always there to help you or back you up or just show you the way.....
My little story about Dima.......
This is a Story of the day that Dima was killed actually. It was a Saturday. Saturdays in Iraq were like Friday's here. The last day of the work week. In the morning when we got in we always had a formation to get all the new info out. In the formation he got promoted from SPC to SGT. When we got released to work we would always clean up our office building. So we would split up and do a certain part of the building. I remember being in the hallway by the stairs and him saying how beautiful his daughter is and how he couldnt wait to get home. He would always tell me and Lori how he had to tell us something. He would say it like it was very important. The he would get close and be like you guys are the ugliest girls I have ever seen then he would laugh.... That was just his sense of humor. He was so funny....
I will never forget Chan or Dima. They will live on forever in my heart. They should be here today......but it is a reminder to me that life is too short and never hold back on anything you feel.