Vietnam Memorial

Hi everyone!
I am an army wife and a beauty school student. My husband and I were recently relocated to a new area. The transition so far has been a little difficult as we are getting low on cash and have debts to pay from out wedding. Anyway to add to all that I just enrolled in beauty school to finish up. Have only a few months left but we really could use some extra added income. So I have decided to go ahead and give blogging for money and the advertising thing a try.

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About a year ago, I took my kids to visit their grandma. Grandma lives pretty far away, but this is our tradition. Every year, since they were born, they go to her house to spend time with her, since they don't get to see her often throughout the year. It wasn't supposed to be like this. They were supposed to see my parents very little and her often, but the day I found out I was pregnant with my oldest is the same day we decided to move here for career opportunities. It's funny where life takes you sometimes.

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May 15,2006

From a distance it looked unimpressive, just a big black wall. But when I reached the plaza and it stood before me, my knees nearly buckled, my head swam and hot, stinging tears filled my eyes. Fifty eight thousand one hundred and forty eight Americans died in Vietnam but until this moment that didn’t mean much to me.
Engraved there on the cold, black stone were their names---their tiny, little names---row, after row, after row of their tiny, little names. It looked like a mile of their tiny, little names.

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