Remember the soldiers

Hi
You know I never speak/write anything political in my blog but I just received a call from a friend of mine to tell me that her brother, who is a Captain stationed in Iraq, was critically injured while taking a shower. She asked me to light a candle for him which I will gladly do to St. Jude. I only met her brother once, he was very quiet and reserved and I had dinner with him and his sister eons ago. It feels sad to think he is hooked up to many machines to relive him. I hope he comes out of this. But imagine all the soldiers and the families of the soldiers out there who get the phone call or like my friend, she was reading AOL news about Iraq and saw his bloodied picture on the site and listed him as a casualty. Imagine the agony, the pain. I wonder how many other families went through the same pain and agony. Imagine the children.

My prayers and thoughts to him and to all the soldiers out there.