![]() ![]() Dorsie’s pond, nights at Exchange Club Fairs, weekends at Lake Lincoln, and a first drive in his first truck down the Boulevard. He’s had the Family Fish House, Broma’s and all points in between spend years filling him up and filling him out. ![]() He’s had a church at Nola send him off with their blessing and his pastors, Chris Sheppard and Keith Stovall, promise to hold him accountable. He’s had coaches like David Misner who worked him out and over, and lawn-lovers like Roy Daughdrill who just plain worked him. He’s had Spencer Mooney to teach him first aid, Jack Rutland’s “True American Heroes” to teach him patriotism and Steve Russell to teach (well, try to teach) him piano. And then there’s my dad and his friends down at the 51 Diner who have filled his head full of their enlistment tales.Īnd that display we saw up there at the Jackson airport, the one showcasing all the Mississippi-mades? Maybe it should have a shelf for the group of fresh-faced recruits my husband prayed over before they boarded Delta flight 2478, because one thing is certain regarding our son: he’s a product of this place and its people. There’s the Library, I guess, with that “Basher Five-Two” fighter pilot book he liked so much. Just who is responsible for this military bent in our son I cannot say. A five-minute meltdown/game delay ensued. The “so gung ho to go and pay the price” line was more than this mama could take, though. Trace Adkins’ crooning of those conditions is said to have compelled more than one fence-straddler toward the recruiting station, and its lyrics were belting out loud across our badminton net during a recent pre-D-Day (as in departure) family match. Unfortunately our person of interest has arrived there in a month with heat so notorious it is the stuff of country music. 3 has flown the coop, landing 663.4 miles due east, and for those of you who want to know what he took with him to Marineland, the answer is, not much - his driver’s license, his social security card, a pocket-size address book, a New Testament and $20 cash, as per a sheet of strict instructions.Īnd according to been-there, done-thats, Parris Island is bad enough in cool seasons. ![]()
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