Josh and I were watching the movie called fractured and the words from the Dr. Suess’s book “Oh the places you will go” were recited in the movie, they caught my attention so after the movie I pulled up all the words online and WOW..it was a whole list of life lessons and advise. I did not post the all the words cause I’m hoping that your curiosity will be peaked just like mine was when I first heard it.. I chose the following verses from the book cause for some reason I can connect with the words. Tell me what you think

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they’re darked.
A place you could sprain both you elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you go in, should you turn left or right…
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it’s not, I’m afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place…

My friends name is SFC Jesse Albriect.
He is a down to earth guy and well liked by everyone he comes in contact with. I first met him when we moved to Alaska in May 05. Jesse came over the house and became a part of our family, There was nothing we did that did not involve him. Jesse was having some girlfriend problems and so of course the wanna-be social worker I tend to be at times listened to him and helped him though the issues and eventually he left the girlfriend. After Jesse’s beak-up, Josh (my Hubby) and I moved about 45 min from where Jesse lived. He was not happy about it but that was overcome when our couch became his favorite place to sleep
Jesse was ready to start a family of his own and was searching for Mrs Right..A few months later he found her..He told me in secret that he found his love. He told me that he did not want to tell everyone that she was the one until she flew from Florida to Alaska to see if it would work out..well it worked out. They decided to get married (yes it was as quick as it sounds) Jesse and his soon to be wife asked me if I would marry them. (In Alaska they allow anyone to marry at least 1 couple a year) So I went and did the paper work and not even a month later there I was marrying him and his new wife in our backyard.
One month later Josh and Jesse deployed to Iraq.
They both were still connected at the hips. They watched each others backs and the brotherly bond just grew closer and closer. I talked to Jesse on the yahoo IM all the time, he became my shrink and helped me to get inside my husbands head and I returned the favor and did the same for his wife
When Jesse came home for RnR, he brought me and the kids sledding, out to eat, and to a hockey game. He was only home for 2 weeks and then he had to go back…
on March 17th I received a phone call from his wife that Jesse was KIA. My heart dropped and I left work. No, no tears just plain disbelief..I just talked to him that night and instead of talking to on the IM, I told him that I had to go watch American Idol..OMG if I only knew that would be my last conversation…
Since Jesse has left us life has not been the same.

I know Cathy was and still in pain..and so am I..I don’t numb to tolerate I numb to survive..