Yesterday I chatted with my friend Mooney (Kamron Mooneyham) on facebook. Mooney is pictured below with his other Marine brothers in what I wish was a poster. They look so cool. They are so cool. Mooney is on the back left with a green shirt on. They are in Iraq.
Mooney graduated with my son Bradley and is one of his best friends. I have a Marine recruiting poster in my living room that was put up on Mooney's "going away to boot camp" party. It will stay up until he comes home.
I get to talk to Mooney sometimes, as I said, on facebook. This is such a privilege to me. I am so happy that he has access to Internet. He is bored a lot these days, and as Bradley said, I like a boring Middle East. But I also know that boredom means that there is time to think. Time to think about the people you love back home, to think about how much he wishes he was here, time to think about all the unspeakable what ifs. I know in my little life, thinking can be tedious. It's not good for me to sit around and think, so I cannot imagine being in Iraq enjoying some downtime with my freak mind.
So, I love you Mooney. I love all your boys in that picture, too. I wish you were all here in my living room. We would laugh and eat. A lot. We will soon.
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