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Diary of a Worried Parent
Tuesday 4th April 2006

THIS IS THE DAY BEFORE I HAVE TO TAKE MY ELDEST SON MARTIN TO LUTON AIRPORT. ENGLAND TO FLY BACK TO CAMP IN GERMANY, HE GOES OFF TO IRAQ ON THE 11th APRIL 2006 FOR 9 MONTH.

WHY DONT THEY LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT THEMSELVES. ITS A WAR NO ONE WILL WIN.
THIS IS MY BLOG OF WHAT WE AS PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH WHILE OUR CHILDREN ARE AWAY RISKING THERE LIVES FOR WHAT? OIL

TONIGHT WE'VE HAD OURSELFS A CHRISTMAS DINNER (PARTY HATS AND CRACKERS TOO) AS IT'S LOOKING LIKE HE MIGHT NOT BE HOME NEXT CHRISTMAS.
THE NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM WILL BE JUNE FINGERS CROSSED, THEN WE DON'T KNOW WHEN.

I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW AFTER I'VE DROPPED HIM OFF.....................
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5th APRIL 2006

WELL HE'S GONE, I TOOK MARTIN TO LUTON AT 03:40 THIS MORNING HE FLYS OUT TO IRAQ NEXT WEDNESDAY. I TOLD HIM TO RING US TONIGHT TO LET US KNOW HE GOT BACK SAFE.I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH THOUGH. ..................................................................................................................................

7th APRIL

NO NEWS, MARTIN GOES TO IRAQ WEDNESDAY HE'S STOPPING AT BASRA IN SADDAMS OLD PALACE (THE ONE I BELEIVE WITH THE GOLD BOG) ANYWAY AS SOON AS I HEAR ANYTHING I WILL POST IT ON HERE......................................................................................................................................

15th APRIL 2006

MARTIN IS NOW IN IRAQ HE WENT AT 0330hrs FRIDAY MORNING. ON THE NEWS YESTERDAY THERE WAS A REPORT OF SOME SOLDIERS INVOLVED IN A SUICIDE BOMBING, LUCKILY FOR US IT WAS'NT WHERE MARTIN WAS STATIONED. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT THERE PARENTS OR FAMILY MUST BE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. ............................................

28th APRIL 2006

HI IT'S BEEN ALONG TIME BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM MARTIN HE HAS GOT THERE OK. HE SOUNDED A BIT DOWN BUT TOLD US THAT THE WEATHER WAS 40 DEG IN THE DAY AND ONLY DROPPING TO 20 AT NIGHT, IN HIS FIRST WEEK THERE HE HAS BEEN MORTERED TWICE WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY FRIGHTENING (I WOULD HAVE BEEN BRICKING IT). THE LATEST ON THE BABY FRONT IS THAT HE IS EXPECTING A LITTLE BOY THE DUE DATE IS 21st AUGUST SO IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER BABY BORN ON THE 20th LIKE MARTIN RYAN AND LEAH, IT SEEMS TO RUN IN OUR FAMILY..............................

8th MAY 2006

WE HAVENT HEARD PERSONALLY FROM MARTIN SINCE MY LAST POST, BUT KEELEY HAS SO WE KNOW THAT HE IS OK AT LEAST. SHE SAID THAT HE SOUNDED REALLY DOWN AND THAT HE IS STATIONED ONLY 200 METRES FROM WHERE ALL THE TROUBLE IS IN BASRA NEAR TO WHERE THE LYNX HELICOPTER GOT SHOT DOWN. IN TODAYS THE SUN NEWSPAPER ON PAGE 11 THERE IS A PICTURE THAT LOOKS REMARKABLY LIKE HIM, AND APPARENTLY IT COULD BE HIM AS HE IS ON THE STREETS ALOT AT THE MOMENT, AS SOON AS WE HERE ANYMORE I WILL POST IT AGAIN..............