Jake is enlisting.
Not quite sure how I feel about that...no, wait. I am terrified by it...but I don't allow myself to dwell on it, to think of what could happen to him. I think he's looking for purpose in life...maybe he feels like he has nothing going for him and so he thinks enlisting is the way to go...
But I don't know.
Jake has always been interested in the army, in enlisting, for as long as I can remember. We used to play army all the time when we were younger but doesn't every child? But there's something about him, something that I have never been able to figure out. Something I can't quite place my finger on...
A sadness about Jacob.
A determination about Jacob.
Maybe it's his red hair that set him apart...
My grandfather was in the army.
My dad was in the army.
And my step-grandpa is a Marine.
But my great-grandfather was a Baptist minister and so were the previous 5 generations...
I guess Jake decided which legacy to continue...
Not that one is necessarily better than the other. Jake will make us proud. He does make me proud. He's smart and logical...tough and disciplined.
I love America.
And so does Jake...
I just hate to see him go...because there's a good chance that he may not come back.
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