I started out writing this huge long story about our past year…and then I scratched the whole idea about catching up on the past year and will just write about what’s going on now. I’m thinking of making things a bit different- maybe taking a little story from our every days lives and comparing it with something bigger.
So here it goes- perfect story from life: last night Jack was running trough the house like a hurricane. This youngling of ours has never ending energy and no fear of anything! And then IT happened, he fell down and we could hear crash, bang and a blood hurdling scream(he yelled less after breaking his collar bone), so I rushed to my baby and there was blood everywhere!!!! – it was just gushing out of his mouth like a waterfall. There was a puddle of blood on the floor when I picked him up(literally 1 second after the fall) , as I rushed him to the sink the blood trail followed and our kitchen sink was all covered in blood splatters in a matter of seconds! And I freaked out! I mean that was no surprise to me since I just about fainted when Ethan lost his first tooth. Thank goodness for Aaron- he kept his cool, calmed Jack down, figured out that we are dealing with a busted lip/tongue combo and sent me to take a deep breath and calm down Ethan who was on a verge of crying seeing his brother bleed and scream! To calm you all down- Jack was just fine 10 minutes later and thankfully his tongue was not pierced trough(we were a little worried about that) and his lip stayed swollen for other 10 minutes- as of this morning you couldn’t even tell what horrific deal we have been trough :)!
Either way- I am telling you this to demonstrate my belief in the matter why woman should definitely not poke their noses in combat MOS’s in the military. I am not saying we are weak or can not handle extreme conditions- however most of us do freak out when things like these happen! As strong as I consider myself to be, there are some things I have really hard time dealing with. Just imagining myself in the situation where I was being shot at- I already know that I would freeze up because of the chance that I might get shot-it would paralyze me. I did hear a story of a female soldier in Iraq who happened to get caught in a mortar attack and she literally laid down in fetal position and started crying. I don’t think I would do that- I would scream and look for cover, but you bet I WOULD NOT get out of my safe hiding spot until it was all over! This being said I do not expect anyone to agree with me, just my rambling thoughts…
Now let’s hope I can keep up with this blogging thing ,because it does feel good to sit down and think about this and that and write it down. And it will be nice to look back at my own rumblings when I’m older and possibly even wiser than I am now. Until next time-
ieva sandidge
P.S. I do not have ANY pictures of Jack’s busted lip/tongue combo, so this entry will have to remain picture less.
