Unrest
Ryan Long - a friend of mine since we were wee - came home from Baghdad a week ago, but his mind is still on active duty.
As many of us Iowan's know, we've been pelted with an onslaught of severe weather lately. It's not a big deal for most Midwesterners, we're used to it. I'd even go so far to say that some of us live for a good life-threatening attack by Mother Nature (e.g. Denny Frary). However, Ryan has faced these storms with a changed attitude. He used to be the bad boy who would drive into the heart of a storm for a thrill, then harness the repercussions as fodder for good story-telling. War changed him. Ryan can no longer sleep through a thunderstorm without grabbing for his gun at every clap of thunder. Regardless of his wife's assurance that it's only a storm, he can't erase the memories of impending death.
Having heard several similar stories, I believe it is our duty - as civilians of the country these men serve - to hold them up in prayer regardless of our political views, or our thoughts on the war in general.
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