Random Thoughts
Girls! Women! So, you want to join the military? Before you do I want you to read "Band of Sisters" by Kirsten Holmstedt.
Wow! If that doesn't put you right in the middle of Iraq, I don't know what would. You have to live with dirt, blood and guts, loneliness, grief, and pain.
I often have wondered if women should be in that occupation anyway. Now don't ruffle your feathers. If you really, really want to follow a military career, maybe you should. However, personally, I do not favor mothers with children going into it. Those children need their mothers. I see the poor children saying goodbye on TV to their mothers taking off in the wild blue yonder and feel so sad. It is bad enough to have their fathers go.
What are we going to do about students shooting students? Something went wrong in their bringing-up. Did their parents fail in their job? Parents need all the help they can get. The schools, churches, courts, neighbors, friends, and relatives should take an interest. When one young person goes wrong, it not only hurts their family, it hurts all of us. If we want the United States to be the country we love we should get involved in all its citizens problems.
— NORMA HANNAFORD
