I have a sweet nephew in the navy (he's very tall now and claims to be an adult but I think of him as little guy who I held the day he was born and as he got older was willing to accept hugs but not kisses from his auntie and was hesitant about going to a musical with me but then loved it).
One of my church babies is joining the reserves (he insists that he's 18 but I still remember that little guy running down the hall at church and posing for pictures with Star Wars characters at the symphony and learning to read with a book about castles and knights).
I wish they were never in the military because I want to keep them safe. I'm proud of them for choosing the military to keep everyone else safe.
