Lori
As a parent I cannot imagine how you are feeling right now to have your son go to Iraq.No matter how old our kids get they are always our babies and we want to keep them safe I have a brother in the Canadian Forces , we are 11 Brothers and Sisters and we all go to church every week and pray for Gerry and God brings him home every time from Afghanistan.My brother has been there most of the past 3 years now . When he came home this time a lady hit him in the parking lot at Independnat store in Trenton and broke his collarbone by accident. He made it through all these deployments on the front lines and got hit getting a bag of groceries in his home town in ontario.God chooses our time for us , we cannot control these things but if we live a good life and pray for what we need and want he will take care of those we love.Some of my best blessings were unanswered prayers because God knew better than me what I needed.
Keep the Faith
J