Well todays the day (stream of thoughts)
So.....damn.

Acually got Marine orders today. Wow, its like getting hit in the stomach. I knew the day was coming but......

Heading out May 4th it looks like, going to Camp Lejune. Not sure exactly what I'm doing when I get there but going there anyways.

Never been to Lejune, pretty scared. I've never been worried about leaving like this. Whos there? How do I get there? Will I be able to make it after all this time? So many questions, I kinda feels like the day I left for Boot Camp but even then I didn't know anything about the Marines. Now its like I know the punch is coming and what it will feel like.

Whos going to take care of Alicia? ITS MY JOB! She depends on me and now I'm leaving. I told her when I got out the first time I would never leave again. This hurts, hurts bad

I've given and given, I don't know how much more I have. How many people can say the have spent half there 5 year marriage away. I just wanted to make a better life for us and this is it? She has been always been there, always caring...ITS JUST NOT FAIR FOR HER.

What am I fighting for? I thought I knew. family, friends, way of life? The people over seas are just like us. hopes, fears, dreams, love.

I'm so different from the guy that signed those papers so long ago, Alicia always says Im the exact same guy I was when we met but not true. I'm not that young brave bullheaded guy I was then. Can I realy do what they want me to do? Can I really be depended on when it matters most?

I love my wife, I love my family, I love my friends, I love my life!

People will say pray but those that truely know me won't. I don't need to be Christian, or Muslin or Jewish to be thankful for what I have. To be thankful for every breath I take.

I love you Alicia, I have loved you since the first night we met at the Bar, some how you dragged my ass out on to the dancefloor at closing time and I have never looked back. I will come back to you, I ment every word I said on our Wedding day. I will come back. I LOVE YOU!

There now I feel better, thank you to anyone that reads this. Don't thank me for my service, I've heard it enough. Thank Alicia, she the strong one, shes the rock, MY ROCK.

GO KISS, HUG, LICK OR SOMETHING (and tell them how much you love every second you get with them) TO SOME ONE YOU LOVE.

Minywheats
Sgt Bradley
USMC

Well todays the day (stream of thoughts)
So.....damn.

Acually got Marine orders today. Wow, its like getting hit in the stomach. I knew the day was coming but......

Heading out May 4th it looks like, going to Camp Lejune. Not sure exactly what I'm doing when I get there but going there anyways.

Never been to Lejune, pretty scared. I've never been worried about leaving like this. Whos there? How do I get there? Will I be able to make it after all this time? So many questions, I kinda feels like the day I left for Boot Camp but even then I didn't know anything about the Marines. Now its like I know the punch is coming and what it will feel like.

Whos going to take care of Alicia? ITS MY JOB! She depends on me and now I'm leaving. I told her when I got out the first time I would never leave again. This hurts, hurts bad

I've given and given, I don't know how much more I have. How many people can say the have spent half there 5 year marriage away. I just wanted to make a better life for us and this is it? She has been always been there, always caring...ITS JUST NOT FAIR FOR HER.

What am I fighting for? I thought I knew. family, friends, way of life? The people over seas are just like us. hopes, fears, dreams, love.

I'm so different from the guy that signed those papers so long ago, Alicia always says Im the exact same guy I was when we met but not true. I'm not that young brave bullheaded guy I was then. Can I realy do what they want me to do? Can I really be depended on when it matters most?

I love my wife, I love my family, I love my friends, I love my life!

People will say pray but those that truely know me won't. I don't need to be Christian, or Muslin or Jewish to be thankful for what I have. To be thankful for every breath I take.

I love you Alicia, I have loved you since the first night we met at the Bar, some how you dragged my ass out on to the dancefloor at closing time and I have never looked back. I will come back to you, I ment every word I said on our Wedding day. I will come back. I LOVE YOU!

There now I feel better, thank you to anyone that reads this. Don't thank me for my service, I've heard it enough. Thank Alicia, she the strong one, shes the rock, MY ROCK.

GO KISS, HUG, LICK OR SOMETHING (and tell them how much you love every second you get with them) TO SOME ONE YOU LOVE.

Minywheats
Sgt Bradley
USMC