[kj] OT A Body Comes Home

[Christof hamille]

I need to vent/express something.  I wrote this somewhere else and copied it 
here.

All right. Lets just preface this statement that I am against the war. I'd 
say 85% of my, in some case very, extended family are against it. I have had 
members of my family in the military but typically during peace time and 
usually trying to get an education. With all of that being said I found out 
last night that the one person that did decide to go to Iraq was one of the 
14 killed in the helicopter crash a few days ago.

I feel really weird. It's tragic of course. It makes it worse that he was 
only two weeks from coming home. He turned 21 in June. He was a great kid. 
Big heart. And I don't think that he would have joined if 9-11 didn't 
happen.

Grant it it doesn't hit real hard because we weren't supper close over the 
last 10 years or so. But I certainly watched him grow up.

And now...I'm just feeling weird. This will affect my father and grandfather 
more, and I offered to drive them if they want to go. But they are a bit...I 
don't know...not sure if they want to go (or maybe can't handle it...I don't 
know).

I guess I am writing because I am not sure how to react. Should I be balling 
my eyes out? Screaming bloody murder? Fetal position in the closet?

Here is an article about the incident.

Now no offense to anyone here but I'm hoping this won't turn into an 
anti-war thread. We all know what is going on and it has been said many 
times before. This is more about dealing with this strange emotion.

thanks

Chris

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