My "Little" Brother
Yeah, so Tommy stopped by last night to pick up his cds that i've been copying for him, and today he leaves to meet his National Guard unit in Chicopee. He is leaving Chicopee for Fort Drum in New York on Friday. They are having a big send off for them and their families, but it is on Friday, and I wouldn't get back in time for school. At some point in the next couple of months Tommy will be leaving for Iraq (we won't know exactly when until about an hour before they leave), and he will be there for at least a year, with a possibility of up to two years. It looks like last night's fifteen minute visit will be the last time I will see my little brother for at least a year. I am proud of him for being a part of this. Reguardless of what the real, or believed to be real, reason for the United States being in Iraq is, I have to believe that those men and women are accomplishing something. I know that other people don't believe that, including some people on my friends list, and I respect your right to believe that, but I am going to ask that no anti war stuff be posted in any comments to my posts while my brother is gone. That being said, even though I am proud of him, I wish Tommy didn't have to go, and I just want him to come home safely. Every time I look at the man he's become, I still just see the tiny little kid who always seemed to have a need to be in my room. Or the kid who swore to me that is snowed pink snow around my She-Ra castle with a straight face and an almost sincere confusion that I didn't believe him. I see the kid who, on his graduation day, seemed genuinely worried that I would get married while he was away at boot camp and he would miss it. I'm going to miss the goofy brat so much while he's gone. I know that once he comes home I will wonder why I missed him so much, but I will miss him just the same. I'm sorry if I've been overly depressing, but I know that you who read my posts are my friends, and that you wouldn't really mind. Thank you for being there for me. I love you all.