Daddy and Son
Dear Sgt. Grit,
I wanted to send these GREAT pictures to you. The first one is where on Feb. 25,2008 me and my grand-son Alexzander was sitting, waiting for that very important bus to arrive with my Alex’s daddy on it. Alex had not seen his daddy for several months. My son had came home a few days before, but that was not good enough in my grandsons eyes, he wanted Daddy. 
man’s life is like. Missing daddy and fighting Pirates. 
As we sat, Alex kept his eyes peeled (Texas talk) for that very important Pirate Fighter Sgt. Osborn. Then I said to the little guy, “Alex there is your daddy” Alex jumped up and ran towards his daddy as Jeremy did the same and I got the very best picture I could have captured. Both running towards each other with arms reaching for each other. It brought tears to my eyes to see such the very best Home Coming ever. But the home coming was cut short. SIL had to return 6 weeks later. That’s the second picture of a very sad day. Alex thinks his daddy is off fighting Pirates as he did for months before. Alex called me on Mother’s Day, “LaLa, my daddy is at work, fighting Pirates, and I miss him” I replied with tears in my eyes, “I know Alex, but daddy will be home soon ok.” As you can see in the last photo Alex wearing one of his daddy’s Boonie covers, no telling what this little guy is think, probably about fighting Pirates maybe. One day about 3 weeks ago my daughter called and told me that on base where Alex is in daycare there was a group of Marines at the daycare wanting the little ones to send a messages to OUR TROOPS over seas. Well the Marines walked over to Alex who had paint on his face and asked him if his daddy was over seas. Alex told them “No, my daddy is at work fighting pirates.” So they asked him to say hello to him well Alex took this golden opportunity and took the mic and went on to say “Hi daddy, I love you and I want to fight pirates with you some day ok.” If that isn’t a future Marine…fighting pirates with daddy”. I just hope my daughter got a copy of that little speech. Well that’s about it, I just wanted to share with you what this little
Laura Leeds
Very Proud Mother of 2 Marine Sgt’s
Semper Fi – Sgt Grit – Semper Fi