what I lived for...
yesterday on the front page of the paper, i saw a picture of a guy who graduated a year before me under the headline "pocatellan killed in iraq." my heart skipped a beat. i never even talked to the guy, but i remember him, since he was very outgoing and well-known at school (though he never seemed the bratty, popular type). i remember people discussing his decision to enlist right out of high school with questions like, "why would he do that?". so, why did he want to enlist again after fulfilling his two year commitment? because he believed and was passionate about the cause. this is apparent as i read the articles in the paper and read what his friends and family have to say about him. the article described him as a "charasmatic patriot". this has caused me to think over and over again over the past 24 hours......
i pray that when i die, people will know what i lived for.