the face of war

i know -- i didn't want to say it, but i thought the same.

when i think about this, all i can do is hope -- and pray -- that they can remain together somehow. it's only my speculation -- and it may be rude for me to say so -- but she may be the only thing keeping him going and it would destroy him if she left him. that's one hell of a burden for anyone to bear.

War sucks.

However, I don't like her dress. her dress is the most bothersome thing about it, IMHO.

aimurchie really seems to have the right opinion. Except about the dress, I think it works well with his uniform. There probably needed "something blue" over the shoulders like a scarf.

her dress is just not my taste - I don't like the red heartshaped neckline! But it is really nice with his uniform.
Much better than the black suit she could have been wearing.

BUT YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE A WEDDING (or much of a happy life) IN IRAQ RIGHT NOW. let's not forget that. the fact that he is alive and with the person he loves most is fantastic, but so many won't get that chance on either side of this bullshit war.

“Well, we think it said ‘Ty and Renee’,” Becky laughs. “Then doctors removed his ‘trake’ – the tracheostomy tube in his neck that had been feeding him when his lips were too burnt – and he said, ‘Renee, will you be my valentine?’ I cried.” His next words were: “Do you want to make out?"

There must been an awkward moment or two, just then.

This story is really sad, but as painful as it is to think about it, there needs to be more coverage like this in the media, and other newscasters should emulate the end of the Jim Lehrer newshour, when they show photos of all the soldiers who died that day, silently.

Then, Eric said, he heard the phone fall to the floor.