Saying Goodbye
When my parents said time flies, they were not kidding. I grew up with three older siblings Seth, DeAnne, and Michael. When I was younger I never thought about my future. I probably should start now considering I am a freshman and college is just three years away. Anyways as I watched my oldest brother Seth grow up, go to college, and start a life it forced me to learn a lot about myself and others. Out of all my memories with Seth, the day he was sworn into the Army plays over and over again in my mind.
Just when I thought life would slow down, it turned out life never slows down. Seth had graduated college and gotten married. The next step of his life was joining the Army. I always knew that the day would come for him to leave …show more content…
In that room there were probably twenty men most of them were joining the Marines, my brother was the only one joining the Army. When I got into the room I saw Seth exactly how the way I had seen him last he was wearing a green Army shirt, jeans, and black boots. The only difference I saw was that he stood up straighter. After everyone was gathered in the tiny room some random military officer began to talk about how the men standing in front of you have given up their social life, sports, and families to serve their country. Then, he began to tell the guys to repeat some saying that was like blabala I will serve the United States and more blablabla. As I was standing there I was thinking to myself I wonder how many of the men I saw today will either quit, A Wall, or end up making the Military a lifelong …show more content…
By the time we all got our food we only had about ten minutes to talk and eat with Seth.
I remember saying to him “So, what do you think that you are going to do at basic training camp? Seth exact response was “Well, the first week we will have what you call a “physical week”. This is where each person will get a doctor 's checkup, dentist checkups, possibly teeth pulled, and other things done to make sure that you are healthy. Then basically the seven weeks after that we will do physical activities everyday three times a day”. I said to him “Well, have fun with that while I am sitting on the couch eating chips”.
After the fifteen minutes were up Seth had to leave he was being flown to Fort Benning, Georgia for the start of his new life. Saying goodbye to him was the hardest part even though I would see him at Christmas I was going to miss his goofiness, bad soccer skills, and the fact that he’s not going be around all the
When my parents said time flies, they were not kidding. I grew up with three older siblings Seth, DeAnne, and Michael. When I was younger I never thought about my future. I probably should start now considering I am a freshman and college is just three years away. Anyways as I watched my oldest brother Seth grow up, go to college, and start a life it forced me to learn a lot about myself and others. Out of all my memories with Seth, the day he was sworn into the Army plays over and over again in my mind.
Just when I thought life would slow down, it turned out life never slows down. Seth had graduated college and gotten married. The next step of his life was joining the Army. I always knew that the day would come for him to leave …show more content…
In that room there were probably twenty men most of them were joining the Marines, my brother was the only one joining the Army. When I got into the room I saw Seth exactly how the way I had seen him last he was wearing a green Army shirt, jeans, and black boots. The only difference I saw was that he stood up straighter. After everyone was gathered in the tiny room some random military officer began to talk about how the men standing in front of you have given up their social life, sports, and families to serve their country. Then, he began to tell the guys to repeat some saying that was like blabala I will serve the United States and more blablabla. As I was standing there I was thinking to myself I wonder how many of the men I saw today will either quit, A Wall, or end up making the Military a lifelong …show more content…
By the time we all got our food we only had about ten minutes to talk and eat with Seth.
I remember saying to him “So, what do you think that you are going to do at basic training camp? Seth exact response was “Well, the first week we will have what you call a “physical week”. This is where each person will get a doctor 's checkup, dentist checkups, possibly teeth pulled, and other things done to make sure that you are healthy. Then basically the seven weeks after that we will do physical activities everyday three times a day”. I said to him “Well, have fun with that while I am sitting on the couch eating chips”.
After the fifteen minutes were up Seth had to leave he was being flown to Fort Benning, Georgia for the start of his new life. Saying goodbye to him was the hardest part even though I would see him at Christmas I was going to miss his goofiness, bad soccer skills, and the fact that he’s not going be around all the