[album:3,1:r]I’ve been taking five photos each of people in the unit to share with their loved ones on Christmas Day. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me via this blog and other means on this most special of holidays. This morning, as I was leaving breakfast, the insurgents tried to give me a Christmas present in their soulless manner. They dropped two mortars near my location. They missed. I suppose wars don’t stop because one side or the other is celebrating something, but it still seems uncivilized to try and randomly blow people up on Christmas Day. I woudn’t do it.
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Enjoy the pictures, and remember to enjoy your own loved ones today. It would be so easy for someone evil to come and take them away from you. I’m away from my family, but I want them to know I love them, and I believe that what I am doing here, in some small way, is going to ripple everywhere.
Christmas has a lot of meaning for me. It evokes images of family and friends celebrating together. I’m sorry to miss that this year. I especially want my wife to know that she’s missed. Have a good day with Mom & Dad today honey. Enjoy your time together, I’m glad we got to talk on the phone.
For the family and friends who are here to get a glimpse of your own loved ones, enjoy! And to my unit, I hope that you have many more Christmas celebrations ahead, and that your son, wife, aunt or cousin enjoys a glimpse of you today.