Moving on..

Pic 1: Marcelo, Sergio II and me following the Armed Forces Day at their school.

Pic 2: Marty Gill and Dan Chen. My best friends in Iraq and now, my brothers for life.

The family and I are vacationing in Washington State and Marty and Dan made it up from Portland. I cannot explain how important it was for me to have them meet my family. And to see Dan-O's kids hanging out with mine was icing. Although we only got to spend three days catching up, it was invaluable to Marcelo, Sergio and Monica as well. Dan and Marty probably don't know this, but on more than one occassion, they really kept me from going off the deep end. They did not intervene intentionally but just by their disposition and the way that they go about their day to day kept me thinking, "This shit ain't that bad!" We laughed and yeah, we got teary eyed too but WE ARE HOME NOW!!!!! Thanks carnales mios!