Rest easy Zack. We miss you.

For the record, Zach does not have a little sister. I am his mother and I would know. Who are you?

zachy i might have broke the promise i made to you a long time ago yes i still remember it and always will when i found out i might have broke it i thought bout how mad and upset you would be at me but then i thought that you would help me with the whole thing and i know you are in the sky watching over me and you put this amazing guy in my life that wants to take care of me and anyone else i might be bringing in to this world before im 18 and if its not the promise i made to you and im just really sick he already said he will stand by me no matter what and i started thinking bout you when he said that and now i think you made us find each other so that i would find a guy mixed with dad and my brother personality you helped me through sooooo much and now you are not here in body to help me through this but you are here in soul mind and heart if it is the promise i made you then i want you to help me with the whole thing even though you are not here i have gotten alot better at alot of stuff wish you was here to see it and now im scared bout me either breaking that promise to you or just me being really sick mom asked dad if they are also running test for cancer and now im freaking out even more and all i want to is cry cause i have noone to talk bout it with other then my boyfriend dad told me not to think bout it but its hard knowing you might have broken a very big promise to one you really loved or you are really sick i need you here for all this but i do know that if it is the promise i made you then i am going to take good care of my self stop everything i have been doing and stay in school keep my grades up well i think i wrote enough for one day so i will talk to you later big brother and i hope you are with me when i get the results i have know clue when they are going to call me with them so just be with me all day today and be with dad when he goes to his dr appt and be with heather cause i know if its the promise shes going to be a reck cause its something she wants but noone knows if she could so just be with the family and if i dont make it to your grave before august then joseph already told me he will take me there I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH
<3 YOUR LITTLE SISTER

WHY

I lay here asking myself all alone,
why am I in Iraq, and not at home

Warm in bed, cuddled up with wife,
resting up for a family mans life

The furthest to travel, to the store for bread,
but I'm across the atlantic, 6000 miles instead

Batheing my daughter, combing her hair
noone to love, it just don't seem fair

looking deep in her eyes, as she coos,
I'm ready for war, as the convoy moves

Taking nice long walks, picnics in the park,
But I drive fuel missions , facing death in the dark

Take a warm shower, and as long as I'd like,
but time here's limited, and warm waters on strike

I think of my family, and I remember my reason,
terrorist's don't like freedom, and thats what I believe in,

we stand through these hardships, securing freedom today,
So this country can stand for something, another day

I look and see other fathers, next to my side,
We're here to stop evil, we dont run and hide

We've left our loved ones, back across the sea,
So our children see freedoms, that we've gotten to see

We want our families to be safe, and relaxed,
This is our duty, preventing future lead attacks
SGT Jodrey-Iraq Veteran

Cost For Love and Freedom
Caught in the middle of two different paths
One calls for a soldier, the other a dad
I lay here scared, thinking at night
Wish I could be present for my daughter and wife
Holidays will pass without me here
I hope I'll be gone for just one year
Life will proceed and it will not rest
But my heart will stay here in the MIGHTY US
My daughter grows older as I grow colder
A gift from god to have to hold her
A start to my life, a blessing, you and your mother
Why am I so lucky? Why not another?
So I ask myself this question again
How do dads be dads and protect and defend
But dads will be dads until the end
But freedoms not free at the cost of MEN!

By: SGT James Jodrey while overseas