My Yellow Ribbon

[ProjectMayhem]

I was digging through online back-issues of my hometown newspaper a little while ago and ran across something that still has me in shock to this very moment. I seen an obituary for my old friend Paul whom I went to school with. It really pisses me off that no one from home even told me about this.

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/custom/blogs/guard/entries/2005/08/16/three_soldiers.html

 

[Haus]

im really sorry to hear that and im sorry your friends dint tell you. how long have you known him for?

 

[MrAWatts]

Thats sad, why didn't your friends tell you?

 

[RedStangGT2000]

That sucks

 

[ProjectMayhem]

Apparently my best friend figured that I would be better off not knowing about it. She knows I have friends here on Ft. Polk that are getting deployed soon, and I guess she didn't want me worrying about them. I know that's not an excuse to not tell me, but goddamn it I could have been there for the funeral. It never really hit me that this war shit is real, until now.

 

[MrAWatts]

Are you pissed at her? I would be.

 

[slo6banger]

I'd be pretty pissed if I were close to the guy, I mean you didn't get to be there for the funeral or anything. If i wasn't really close to him, i'd be pissed that nobody told me, but not nearly as mad if I was good friends with him.

Sorry to hear that your friends didn't think to tell you