A sad story.

[man thing]

I don't want to discourage anyone, but I've got to share some things. I spend time on this forum because I feel ya'll have basically the same aspirations as I do. Prepare ourselves. Become better people. I can talk to ya'll.

I recently got back from a closed-casket funeral of an old aquaintance of mine(sort-of friend). He was killed in Iraq after a couple tours. This guy left on bad terms with his parents: they didn't even attend the funeral. I didn't think that could happen. The soldier's sister cried more than his wife and young children. As many times as I've cried by myself, I've never wept openly as I did that day.

The papers have printed many good things about him. As I am speaking about an anonymous person, I can witness that some of those things weren't at all true. Of course I have never said that to anyone that knew him, and I never will. He died a war hero, and we will remember him as such.

But now this war has hit a lot closer to home than before. I'm now changing my workout routines. More cardio, less machine weights. I haven't enlisted yet, but it seems inevitable if I am to mantain a stable mind.

Thanks for listening.

[Sam]

good luck and you have my best wishes.