Resumes Sent: 3
Pounds lost: -1 (UGH, CURSE YOU EASTER CANDY)
House Cleaned: Close enough.
I am assuming that anyone reading this blog is, most likely, a service-member spouse, parent or close friend. That being the case, I am sure you have imagined the "worst" at some point in your life: What might happen to your loved one when they are deployed.
As I mentioned ealier, I am HotLT's second wife. He and his first wife were together for the ten+ years that he served as enlisted (infantry) and during his numerous deployments. In his second-from-last deployment, he was in a helicopter crash that broke his jaw and seriously injured his back. Thankfully, he made a recovery, but I'm selfishly glad that I wasn't the one who had to get the phonecall that he had been hurt.
Still, I think about it. Even training can go wildly wrong - which is why my heart hurts for my friend Bryan Forney, his wife Jenny and their kids.
Bryan is a close friend of my ex-husband. He was actually best man at our wedding. He's been a Marine for as long as I know him and - according to my Ex - wanted to be a Marine for his entire life. Until last month, he was a Marine Corps CH-46 pilot serving with HMM-262 in Okinawa. Then, during yearly training operations in Thailand, everything changed. He was critically injured with severe burns when the helicopter made a hard landing.
Bryan's wife and family are updating everyone on his progress at http://www.facebook.com/TheForneyJourney. They had a Fundrazr set up to help with transportation costs (specifically for caretakers to go to Okinawa to stay with the kids while Jenny met Bryan at the hospital in Thailand and accompanied him to BAMC in San Antonio). They are no longer in need of financial assistance, and Bryan is improving a little bit every day, but I am certain that they would still appreciate your prayers.
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