Gratitude

My son has let us know today that he will not be deployed to Afghanistan -- at least not with this first wave of Marines that will be leaving soon. He seems to be a bit disappointed but we here who love him so much are so relieved and grateful. This is sure to be a very dangerous mission -- the first wave to really go in and try to dig out and kill off the Taliban. While I know that Kevin is prepared to perform whatever duty is asked of him -- and that he still may be called upon to go there in the future -- I'm so grateful that he isn't going now. I will keep his fellow Marines, as well as the men and women of all of the service branches, in my prayers even more now. Once I've said about a million Thank You's for keeping him here.