Phantom in the desert

This is my brother Thomas, he’s deployed in Afghanistan and this is a picture is him goofing around.  He always puts a little humor into his Facebook posts and letters, but I know that it’s to mask his true feelings of being lonely and homesick.

This picture puts things into perspective for me.  Here I am struggling with my weight and motivation issues, but in stark contrast, here he is struggling with being in a foreign land where people hate him, dodging bullets and sleeping in a tent with all sorts of creepy creatures.  By comparison, I have a charmed life.

I just wanted to shout out to my brother and all the other brothers, sons, husbands, daughters, sisters and wives who are protecting us over there. Thank you.