Aw, thank you ((Danialla and NWTR))

I miss my son so much, and I'm so worried about him. I'm trying my hardest to cope, but each day that passes gets a little harder. When I'm able to sleep, I only have nightmares. It's difficult to eat or even think of anything else because I can't just stop being a mother. It's not about my welfare, it's about his welfare - so relieving my pain does not relieve my stress, worry or emotion. I won't be able to exhale until he comes home and I see him in one piece, inside and out. I'm trying my hardest to deal with the exacerbation of my symptoms because I know how much it would hurt my son if something happened to me while he's overseas.

He assures me he's hanging in there, but what's keeping him going is knowing he'll be home by Christmas. Now he's being told it's possible he could be stop-lossed and forced to serve ANOTHER FOUR YEARS! So in addition to worry and stress, I'm incredibly angry. Yeah, I know it said so in the fine print when he signed up BUT he initially signed up for only two years! We also fell for the propaganda that this would be a "good" opportunity for him to grow as a man. They have him working in Special Forces, so his chances of being stop-lossed are good because he's "experienced" now. I'm sorry, but they didn't turn him into a man - they turned him into a killing machine.

If he gets stop-lossed, it could break him. It WILL definitely break me.

I truly appreciate your prayers for my son, and I truly appreciate your support for me.