Reading in a Combat Zone.

I will never forget the day that I got the call to go to Iraq, it was July 17th, 2003. It was also the day that I found out my wife Terri was pregnant with our daughter, Keira. A few days later I boarded a plane bound for Kirkuk, Iraq. As I sat on the plane in fear of the unknown dangers that lie ahead, I looked around to see many faces buried in books. Here …

…and reading have brought me to where I am today. I am back in school trying to finish my degree and become a Teacher. If I told my old high school buddies my future plans, they would laugh. The best medicine for anybody out there is reading. I find it very amusing, my daughter is only a year old, but she loves books. Is it just my imagination, or have I started a Family Tradition?