| Sunday was a lovely day at Jenny, William, Robyn and little Evan's house. Lots of Coales, Cavenaughs, a few Gillmans and a Seymour to boot. I had the opportunity to spend time with Mikey, Robin and Hannah for quite a while getting to know their pet caterpillars...Hannah's Crawly, Robyn's Crawly II, and Mikey's Fuzzycaterpillar Catrace [shhhh don't tell their respective mommys that I made sure they knew that these wee one's will evolve /emerge into Cats]. Doris and Gerry, the Gillman and Coale Matriarchs were there and it made things extra special...harmony among families crossing generations, and all relations all mixed up, down to the latest addition, wee Evan who was all of 6+/- days old! William is going back to Korea, and this stinks on soooo many levels. William is a much loved man in such a short period of time by all who have met him, here on the Island and elsewhere. He has that certain something that lets you know you are in the company of a loving, open hearted, funny and lovely man...there are no secrets...and it's going to leave a big hole in our hearts when he heads back to duty. The plan has been 9 more months in Korea, then back to Fort Lewis, Washington and settle in close to home after his "hardship duty" in Korea. This AM, feeling the extra energy output I put forth yesterday, I woke up joints and bones creaking, grabbed my email and all I can say is damndamndamndamndamn !!! I feel so utterly helpless, and ask that if you should come by this entry, you'll wish, pray, meditate on Will's safe return ASAP, and make sure you write or phone your officials and get our boys, men, sons, husbands, sons-in-laws, uncles home safely now. The following is from CNN news:
"U.S. TO MOVE TROOPS FROM S. KOREA The United States is planning to redeploy some of its 37,000 troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula to Iraq. ... cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/skorea.troops/index.html "
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