http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/09/25/war-stories/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:18:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/09/25/war-stories/#comment-60525 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:15:14 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/09/25/war-stories/#comment-60525 [...] Still, it’s been strange to hear myself saying that I’m glad he’s going to Iraq. As I mentioned in a previous post, I became fully aware of what he faced on his first deployment only after he came home. The state of blissful ignorance I lived in while he was there was a one-time event. I can’t return to it. I know too much now. But as I ponder what the alternative could be for this deployment, I sense I’ve been given a small gift. [...] […] Still, it’s been strange to hear myself saying that I’m glad he’s going to Iraq. As I mentioned in a previous post, I became fully aware of what he faced on his first deployment only after he came home. The state of blissful ignorance I lived in while he was there was a one-time event. I can’t return to it. I know too much now. But as I ponder what the alternative could be for this deployment, I sense I’ve been given a small gift. […]

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