My Heart Has Been Heavy

This last Friday afternoon, Sniper called me. It was wonderful to hear his voice again. I am not going to go into any paticulars, but the Marine who was hurt with Sniper, has passed away. This has affected Sniper pretty hard. This was the first Marine he has lost. My heart goes out to the family and Sniper. I am so unsure as to what to say to Sniper and how to console him. This is all new to the both of us. I know we/he will get through this. I have been waiting to write on my blog about it, but I wanted to find the information, to no avail I haven't found anything. I will post more as I know more. Sniper and I talked for almost 40 minutes. This has been the longest we have talked since he left. He was in his hooch, laying on his rack talking to me. He gave me a few more things to add to the ever growing items needed to send in his care packages. I have already sent a universal remote, for his 52" TV. Yes, he has a huge TV over there. One of his friends, another Marine, is getting ready to return home and he picked up the TV from him. At least he is watching in style, when he actually gets time to. Now it seems he needs some connectors for a coax cable. He is still trying to figure out how to get cable and internet access in his hooch. The ingenuous ways Marines can make something out of nothing is amazing. We have hit the one month mark. One down, thirteen to go. Yes, the time has been going by the last 2 weeks quickly. I just hope the next 13 months goes by just as fast. With the new job, I am pretty sure, my part will fly by (I hope). dyzgoneby