Nephew And The Army Guard, My Day Of Reckoning. posted 5/27/2009 6:40:43 PM | 2 kudos what's this?     report abuse tagged: patriotism, guard, family

Jacksonboy

My 17 year old nephew that I have custody of left for army guard basic training today. He joined in December and has been going to monthly meetings since January. Last Friday it dawned on me how close the time to leave had become and I shed a few tears. I did not expect this at all.

He spent last night at a motel so they could get them all up early for all the final stuff they had to do. I was ok until he walked into the motel doors and then I lost it. I cried all the way home and if I did not know before I now certainly know what groaned in the spirit truly means. Man I was hurting and groaning. This morning he called and said he was through and I could come down there and visit.

My oldest nephew (a navy veteran) also came down and visited and encouraged him. Good thing too because when I would get a great big arsed frog in my throat they talked. When it was time for the guys and gals to load the bus for the airport an announcement was made over the intercom for all meps employees to come to the front desk.

They formed two lines and they told the recruits to go to the bus and everyone in the place was standing up and clapping as these dam fine Americans walked out of the building. Nephew was supposed to be in this group but they made him a team leader so he had to get his stuff off the bus and wait some more. They gave him and another guy all of the other recruit's medical records and instructions on what to do at every step of their trip to basic.

So nephew waits another hour or so and then another bus comes for more recruits and this time he gets to walk that same line of clapping folks with some people shouting words of encouragement too. When he got to me I stopped clapping long enough to hold out my hand and he gave me a very firm handshake and a very big grin. I am dying and he is grinning. It was a good thing I did not have time to say anything because I could not have. I have been trying to figure out why I was so emotional and the best I can figure is that I keep remembering that little four year old boy playing t-ball, that and my job for the last year and a half has been to try to watch over him.

Well now my job is over for awhile and I don't think I will have another day like this until next year when he goes off to advanced infantry training. Dam it I can wait.

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