What's in my Mind
Being a divorced father of three young boys I have come to a conclusion, that as a kid i put my mom through hell a few times and I am really sorry about that, and second that i don't want my ex wife to go through some of the same things, I have served my country for the majority of my adult life and as far a i can remember there has always been someone in my family serving our country at any one time. I am proud to have follow on that tradition, now that I am getting older and hopefully wiser I don't think that i would want any of my boys to join the military, there are different ways to serve our great country and i wish they would choose one of those instead, maybe I'm getting soft in my old age but i just can't stand so see my kids in danger.
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ReplyDeleteIn regards to what you said about the military and your boys, I know what you mean. I have a lot of friends who are currently trying to join the military, thinking about it or are freshly recruited. I tried to explain some of the hard times and emotions they will experience. Like, how you could be surrounded by your fellow soldiers who eventually become like family, and still some of the time feel completely alone. But the look on their face tells me they don't and/or won't understand until they see for themselves. Some of them want to join for the wrong reasons like they think it's this cool lifestyle where get to play with guns and possibly see combat like it's a game. I tell them unless you've always wanted to join the military and you know in your bones that that's what you're meant to do, then find something else to do with your life. Even now as a civilian it's a very lonely feeling having all these experiences and knowledge that you want to share but no one cares to listen or they simply don't understand and pretty much brush it off. They only want to hear your stories about guns and violence. Such a pity.
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