tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post114802076436458296..comments2023-10-31T04:49:20.509-07:00Comments on SOME SOLDIER'S MOM: "ER" The TV Show: "Twenty-one Guns"Some Soldier's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16934456863737157251noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-1148173685060147052006-05-20T18:08:00.000-07:002006-05-20T18:08:00.000-07:00I "get it" all too well. I wanted to comment abou...I "get it" all too well. I wanted to comment about the wife who was very composed and not grieving. I was very composed when I had that knock at my door . . . I never expected to react that way. There were 15 days from the time my husband was killed and I got to see him for the first time. I cried hard for the first time . . . the reality of what had really happened to him . . . the shock of seeing my husband so lifeless. The funeral was 2 days later, I did not shed a tear at his funeral or burial but trust me the grief was there. I was just emotionally exhausted and drained. For over two weeks my life had be pure hell. The grief is still with me each and everyday. I guess everyone reacts in different ways. My emotions were so crazy but I was very strong around others. I had my weak moments and I still do . . . this is an event in my life that I will NEVER forget and I will NEVER forget the love that I had and still have for my husband.<BR/><BR/>I have watched ER from the beginning but when the Iraq story line started I turned it off. I was very curious so I checked in on Dr. Gallant from time to time . . . would there be a happy homecoming? How would he arrive home dead or alive? Would what he was doing be real or like what my husband had talked about? I was disgusted at the way Hollywood dealth with the notification process so very Hollywood and not real . . . thank goodness! I was scared for the funeral but they did okay. I did not like the soldier's father and his little speech. It was not the best it could have been but it sure could have been a lot worse, right?<BR/><BR/>Don't take my comments personally. I enjoy reading your blog and wanted to comment since I "get it".Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748294338540597112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-1148066393381115312006-05-19T12:19:00.000-07:002006-05-19T12:19:00.000-07:00I don't "get it" either, but I respect it, I live ...I don't "get it" either, but I respect it, I live with it and I go with it because the alternative isn't attractive at all.<BR/><BR/>It's hard sometimes to recognize that 'the mission comes first' is the real deal over and above anything you may have with the warrior. Most of the time, it's okay, but there are days when you harken that old country song, "Whiskey, if you were a woman." LOL<BR/><BR/>If the Army is my husband's mistress...or am *I* this other woman?!?!...so be it. He's a good man and I don't have to "get it" for it to make sense.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828848189028464069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-1148058254569391032006-05-19T10:04:00.000-07:002006-05-19T10:04:00.000-07:00Gallant wanted to go back to Iraq and be there for...Gallant wanted to go back to Iraq and be there for those soldiers who were injured. Again, Gary Sinise did a wonderful job on Wednesday night CSI:NY and had flashbacks to his time as a Marine during the Beirut barracks bombings in 1983.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-1148048291387446342006-05-19T07:18:00.000-07:002006-05-19T07:18:00.000-07:00Very well said...Gallant asked to go back to Iraq,...Very well said...<BR/><BR/>Gallant asked to go back to Iraq, hence Nella is bitter (which she has the right to be). Gallant's father was a soldier and Gallant was trying to make his dad proud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9587882.post-1148047529182713962006-05-19T07:05:00.000-07:002006-05-19T07:05:00.000-07:00Nicely said, SSM. I wish that more people would "g...Nicely said, SSM. I wish that more people would "get it."kbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223790985074382728noreply@blogger.com