Now I know what Christie was talking about. I've just spent the last 15 to 20 minutes telling all of you about this past weekend with Howie's family and Mother's Day weekend with Chris' family and now it's gone. I'll try again another time; 6:30am comes too early for me to retype.

I will tell you Michelle got a call from Chris on Saturday night. It was not very satisfying. He had ten minutes to talk and she got off the phone feeling awful; nothing he said; just he was not himself. We worry about the stress he's under, I think it's worse now the war is over. He had a buddy that got shot in the head and killed by a sniper since the war has ended. We do ask that you keep him in your prayers.