Our Soldier Boy's Last Words to me...

"hey mamaa you will be proud of me bc i havent smoked in almost a month lol.love and miss you guys and will see you in a few weeks!!"

 Chris posted this on my Facebook page

one week before he was killed.

Before giving you all an update, 

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart,

for all the outpouring of love and support

from all of you.

It has touched my heart

and has uplifted me in a way

I can't explain.

Please forgive me for  not

replying to each of you individually...

I try hard to always do that,

but just haven't been able to this time.

So, to tell you a little about  what has happened.

We only know that Chris was shot,

that he fought hard to stay here with us

and to come home to Tory...

the words from his best friend who is

fighting along side him over there.

His friend and the other boys,

went and shot the man who killed Chris.

(Oh what this war is doing to our young boys and girls..)

We needed to get Tory immediately on a plane

to New York

where a Sargent there had a seat for her on the military plane

that was flying Chris' family

into Delaware.

The place he was arriving home to.

We went to the airport...

where not one flight was going out.

Because of it being a holiday weekend,

they were running at half mass.

Ken and I then decided to just drive her ourselves.

(A 14 hour drive)

But on the way down to her house

she decided she wanted to go alone.

We tried to talk her out of it

because she was in no condition

to be driving,

but she was adamant.

She was going to take her and Chris' dog Chloe

with her. 

She said she needed to be alone.

This is when it is hard to be a parent

knowing your child is an adult

and that sometimes you just 

have to take a back seat

and support their decisions,

even though you don't agree with them.

I believe the prayers of all of you,

carried her through the night as she drove.

She made it there safe and sound.

Now, to tell you a little about Chris....

One day last January,

I was sitting in my sewing room

working on Buttercream Summer

when the kids showed up.

Tory was moving out 

to move in with Chris.

Chris walked into my sewing studio,

with his head hanging down,

and told me he knew how I felt about it...

and that he was going to find a church 

for him and Tory to join.

I had a wonderful visit with him,

telling him that all I cared about was their souls.

I appreciated his humbleness and respect.

 Not long after this on  Valentine's Day in February.

he had Tory call us up and meet us at Corky's BBQ...

he wanted to take us out to dinner.

This is his best friend Dan (and wife Bryanna)

who was there with him when he died.

These kids always came over to the house

when Chris and Tory came a visitin'.

They were with us that Valentine's Day...

On Mother's Day,

Chris showed up with roses,

on my birthday,

Tory brought me gifts from her,

but Chris had one for me that he himself picked out.

A scrapbook kit

that I will cherish til I die.

I was touched by his thoughtfulness!

At the Paducah Quilt Show...

all of the kids surprised us and showed up

one day at our booth!

They came down just to have dinner with us

and hang out for the evening.

On the way home from our Oklahoma show,

we stopped in Clarksville

and loaded up Chris' bed.

He asked us to store it for him until he came home.

The boys wheeled out my big office chair

from the trailer to make room for the bed,

that I always have at the show.

And I sat in it rolling around the parking lot,

directing them

as they loaded the bed.

Chris laughed and I know he was silently

wondering what kind of mother-in-law

he was really going to have to put up with.

This was the last time I saw Chris.

As I hugged him tight,

I told him to please, please come home safe to us,

knowing in my heart that it might be the last time I would see him.

I berated myself for such a thought at the time. 

A few days later he was on the plane to Afghanistan.

 

So again thank you all 

for lifting us up in prayer

to our Father on High.

Your love has been like balm on  broken hearts.

A link below to view:

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Humbly...

John'aLee