Can you feel that???

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I have been feeling this swirling heat, not quite nausea, but a fair mix of pride and anxiety. I feel an urgency to either be bursting with excitement for my nephew and an uncontainable fear for my entire family. My nephew Danny has joined the United States Marine Corps. He has not yet finished his first year of college but has committed the next 6 years of his life to serving his country. Is he answering a call of manhood to prove something to himself? Is he answering the inherent drive to go and be something bigger and better? I dont know, I dont know if he knows. What I do know is that his life will forever change on May 11 when he gets on the bus to go to Parris Island. He will return from there a different person. The reserved quiet respectable young man will come home, something else. That something else or that someone else is someone no one knows, we havent met him yet, Daniel Thadeaus Jones- The Marine, will come home and be a new man in our lives. I will love him, respect him and be proud of him everyday of my life. God blees you Danny as you enter this new stage in your life. You will be in my heart and on my mind at anytime you feel lonely. I will be praying for you whenever I talk to God. Love you always.

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Unknown said…
Wow~ what great and scary news. I know your family must be proud of this young man. I do hope he knows what he is getting into. God bless him and all of you.
Tammy
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