November 23, 2004
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My last post was the day before my older brother died. since that day, 17 August, I have been busy on many levels of which I hope you’ll be able to imagine. While I don’t want to write more on this, I do want to move on and get back to blogging. Can’t tell you how many times I came back to my page and just stared at my last post and just didn’t have the energy to write. But o.k…….time to pick up and get back on the horse. My older brother would have said “o.k. enough already…move on”.
‘Nuff said.
I wanted to get back into blogging again by reaching down into my “Corps” and kicking some memories or experiences . Maybe even share some views on this “war”. For now, I just wanted to express to you all how quiet the town of Oceanside, California was when I was out there earlier this month. For many people there, it isn’t so much about the politics of the war as it is to see their loved ones or friends come home. See…for a town like that the decision is made and the majority of the local economy rides on those Marines.
Two thirds of the base is empty (so I am told) so you can only imagine what that does to the local shops. But obviously it isn’t about the economy. It’s about getting into harm’s way. Oceanside is used to seeing MARINES rotate and have it’s gaps between the rotations and sure that hurts a bit (local economy). However, its different when Marines rotate into combat…once and then twice. Now you’ve got some kids who turned into Marines and in short order have been exposed to the horrors of Iraq…some twice already. Those guys come back ten years older than before they left. For the two timers….they got the keen sense of what they’re getting into. Like it all seems clear and they seem much more…steady ?…calm…? something like that. I wonder if you can understand this.
I don’t want to get into the politics of it all but instead want to wish my fellow MARINES well and safe home.
Thanks to you all for taking the time to read this post and I hope to get back into the swing of this site soon. I gotta work on getting those rotating pictures for the profile again and some other stuff.
the stuff you dont’ see in the news
Semper Fi
Comments (1)
hola. I am sorry that I never got back to you. I sensed that something was very wrong in your life. It’s hard for me to offer anything for that since you are a very private person and I don’t know you well at all.
Still, I am very sorry to hear that your brother died in August.
I don’t have any siblings. Well, I have a half-sister but up until now we’ve never really been close. That may change as she has expressed some interest in getting to know me. But I did lose my grandmother who was like mi mama more than mi madre and it was shocking and very painful. I nearly passed out at her bedside when she was in a coma. I still miss her.
One thing you can count on in life. People are born and people die and life is a constant shift of events, some we are ready for and many we are not.
I’ve had a lot of big changes happen in my life in the past 1 1/2 years. The one that is biggest is that I’ve been unemployed a little over 3 months. I was shocked as if there had been a death in my family. And two weeks before that I had been betrayed by my then boyfriend. Since then he and I have made up although our relationship is not of the same nature.
I’m just now getting past the shock and bewilderment of being laid off. I’m looking for new work. I am praying that I have a new job by the beginning of February as I really need not only the bread but the productivity and the companionship of other human beings. Being home alone all day is a definite drag.
Hope you’re doing good. Giselle