Our Boys

Not so long ago, you were out causing problems with your friends…

Today, you are a million miles away fixing someone else’s problem.



Feels like just yesterday, we were all laughing about some silly thing or another…

Now we wait just for a few words on a piece of paper or a computer screen.



No more than months ago, you were “fighting” with someone over something random…

Tomorrow, you’ll go out and risk your life to fight for that person’s freedom.



A year ago, your biggest worry was who was gonna be your drinkin’ buddy that night…

Tonight, you say goodnight, hopin’ your buddy will be there the next night, too.



Just a while back, we knew where you were, confident of your general safety and happiness.

Not a day doesn’t go by now, that we don’t pray and cry, hope and dream that you are okay, wherever you are now.



But remember always as we say our prayers, and shed our tears, share our memories and hopes, that we are fiercely proud, too. We don’t say it enough, no one ever does, but we our more than happy to say you are our boys, too. You aren’t just fighting for them, you’re fighting for us, too. So, while you’re out there, somewhere, following your commands, remember us, and your other orders: COME HOME SAFE!