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with my kids waiting to hear...
Posted by: Barb Kasper from Camp lejeune Tuesday November 05, 2002 @ 10:47 PST
my name is barb and i still look back at where i was when i heard about the twin towers. i was at home with my kids and it came on tv an my daughter was in school and i tried to get ahold of my husband who is in the military and he was unreachable, so many feelings ran through me as i knew that it could just be a matter of time that he had to go fight for our country. i continued to try reaching him throughout the next few hours when he came flying through the door and told me that he was told "go home and pull your daughter out of school and spend time with your family and sit by the phone" so the next thing we did was run to the school to get our daughter who had already heard everything from her teacher and was in tears for her daddy. we got home and sat by the phone trying to stay calm when the phone rang and i just new it was not good, i instantlly fell into tears and my husband got off the phone and ran for his gear and while he was packing he informed me that he had to be back on base within 2 hours to go. i felt this was unfair since he had not been home more than an hour but i knew that there was nothing i could do but cry. i then started to scream and cry harder and asked where he had to go and i was told that i could not know it was just time to go. i felt as my whole world had came crashing down around me all becasue someone thought they were doing what they thought was right but did they know that they were going to be tearing families apart one right after another. did they know that not only did they distroy the towers but lives as well mine included so i thought. my husband was gone for a little while when we had recived the word that everything had been put on hold for our husbands so we got a few more hours to hold them and be held by them. they let the huys go home that night and that was the best news from the whole day for my kids and me. the men and women had to put in a lot more hours and did a lot of work and trying to figure out things that wives and families were not to know about but at leaste we were able to keep our loved ones home a little longer. my husband is currentlly gone and we are still not allowed to know where they are because of national security so my thoughts to those who did this.... grow up and let life be happy not painfull.