I got a package in the mail yesterday. It had some Easter tidings from kids at my mom’s school. Oh my goodness some of those cards were so freaking awesome!!
This would be a top 5 list…
5. “Dear Charlie, How are you doing in the war? Hope you come back alive.”
This one stood out because it was the only one written specifically to me. All the others were written to everybody in the unit in general. So for ego massaging purposes, this one makes the Top 5.
4. “I feel bad for the people who don’t get letters.”
So sweet. I feel bad too.
3. This one had all of the normal pleasantries, but with a little extra touch: guns firing at each other. The only card that had any sort of weapons on it. I don’t know how it slipped through the cracks. There were other pictures of tanks and helicopters, but this was the only one with deadly force actually being applied. Finally, a child who gets it.
2. “Write your wife or girlfriend and kids and say I miss you or love you.”
I think this one was a plant. Mom’s subtle way of letting me know something. Terrible that she exploits a child though.
1. “Have you killed any people that are bad?”
Whoooooooooooooooaaaaaaa!!
This one was the run away winner.
Not even close.
Everyone loved this one.
I have to admit that it would be great if I could tell this little Patton that I was running around like Rambo. Alas, I have not gotten to kill any of the bad people.
It is hard when you are essentially a desk jockey. Hell I am not even allowed to carry my weapons when around the detainees.
2 comments:
Those letters are hillarious! Keep up the blogging!
Hey Honey - There should have been a stack for you and a separate stack for your unit. Look under the candy :-)You'll find more. Love, Mom
PS...and No, I didn't put the kids up to saying write your mother, though it's a good thought.
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