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I get to Mom's this morning and Julie is watching the news. Her back is out so she skipped work and I stayed since she can't lift the babies and is doped up on muscle relaxers and pain killers.
Well, she tells me she just heard on the news that a guy that graduated from Whiteland was killed in a suicide bombing and asked if I knew anyone over there, she couldn't remember his name. I told her yeah, Joey *******, she acknowledged that was him on the news. I lost it. I graduated with this guy, we sang at our graduation together. He was one of the few truly decent men left in this world. Chivalrous, a gentleman and an excellent father. I also know his sister and niece. Mom knows them as well. I woke her up to get ready for work and told her the news. I thought she might want to call the family herself to give condolences. Fuck. He was due home in two weeks. He has three kids and just remarried before he left for this tour of duty. Everyone kept telling him not to re-enlist, but he insisted once the war started. I just saw his niece a few weeks ago and she told me he was coming home soon. This is so fucked up. I don't know what to say to them. I want to stop by his sister's house, but I don't want to intrude. I know her, but not that well. She lives around the corner from me. It's too soon, perhaps after the weekend, let the shock wear off. If ever.
Bleh.
"Memories are great, but man they're really comin' back
I don't need to be the king of the world
As long as I'm the hero of this little girl
Heaven isn't too far away
Closer to it everyday"
He truly was a great man and is a hero.
Well, she tells me she just heard on the news that a guy that graduated from Whiteland was killed in a suicide bombing and asked if I knew anyone over there, she couldn't remember his name. I told her yeah, Joey *******, she acknowledged that was him on the news. I lost it. I graduated with this guy, we sang at our graduation together. He was one of the few truly decent men left in this world. Chivalrous, a gentleman and an excellent father. I also know his sister and niece. Mom knows them as well. I woke her up to get ready for work and told her the news. I thought she might want to call the family herself to give condolences. Fuck. He was due home in two weeks. He has three kids and just remarried before he left for this tour of duty. Everyone kept telling him not to re-enlist, but he insisted once the war started. I just saw his niece a few weeks ago and she told me he was coming home soon. This is so fucked up. I don't know what to say to them. I want to stop by his sister's house, but I don't want to intrude. I know her, but not that well. She lives around the corner from me. It's too soon, perhaps after the weekend, let the shock wear off. If ever.
Bleh.
"Memories are great, but man they're really comin' back
I don't need to be the king of the world
As long as I'm the hero of this little girl
Heaven isn't too far away
Closer to it everyday"
He truly was a great man and is a hero.