Loving A Soldier
My brother, Caleb, at the University of North Georgia. This week, he will commission into the National Guard as an Infantry Officer. He has also served as a combat engineer in the Georgia National Guard since 2015. “I hear people saying we don’t need this war I say there’s some things worth fighting for What about our freedom and this piece of ground We didn’t get to keep ’em by backing down They say we don’t realize the mess we’re getting in Before you start your preaching Let me ask you this my friend, Have you forgotten how it felt that day To see your homeland under fire” -Darryl Worley Coming from a military family, I am often asked what it’s like to have family overseas, or to grow up with a dad in the Air Force. Having a boyfriend deployed in Afghanistan, my friends will often say, “Oh I could never, I’m not strong enough.” But the thing is, you just do it. February 2011, my big brother, Eric, celebrated his 21st birthday in the middle of a deployment to the Kunar Pro