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Butch, just got your email. Ashlee is off visiting her relatives

and poor hubby is riding along. It has been awhile since he drove

with her and since this is her first time she is driving her car for

such a long time, daddy may be sporting a lot more gray hairs when

he gets back. I can't believe our news was hitting the waves in

Turkey! The incredible thing about all this is that the baby was

found and suspect arrested in such a short time. 23 hours! It's

amazing everything went so fast. Everyone is so relieved the baby

is ok; it makes handling her mother's murder a lot easier. You are

right about this happening more and more. When I lived in Colorado,

a similar incident happened in Colorado Springs and it shocked the

nation at that time. Then there was another incident where the

newborn was kidnapped right out of the home here in Kansas City not

too long ago. There was no murder at that time, but it was so

strange how it happened. The baby had just come home from the

hospital and was sleeping and the mother went into another room and

this person just came in and took the baby. Just like that. And in

her own home! I can't remember all the details, but the baby was

found not too long after that safe and sound, and the person who

stole the baby was from around up here. It is just another of a lot

of crimes involving babies that has been happening lately. It just

seems like there are more and more each year and it just sickens

me. I think about my own girls, and that someday they will be

mothers with children and I look at my nieces and nephew who are new

parents (or going to be) and wonder about the world these precious

little babies will grow up into.

 

On a different note...you are so right about immersing Ashlee into

the language. She has Korean teachers (a different one for each

class) and they deluge her into the culture and language. She has

been to a Korean church (she really liked that...the teachers

attended the church and were absolutely thrilled she showed up and

took her and introduced her around and just made her feel so

welcome.), and she has been to Korean dinners, shopped at Korean

stores, you name it. When she first started, she was speaking in

sentences the first week and it blew us away...When we talk to her

she talks a lot in Korean and she tries teaching us, but I and the

hubby are two old farts (pardon the language, ladies!) who have the

attention span of a two-year old and as for speaking the

language..you have no idea what it sounds like when we try to speak

it..I can tell you no Korean would understand a word we say. My dad

was in Korea during the war and he picked up a lot of the language,

and he is always telling me to say a word to Ashlee and see if she

knows what it means. I have the distinct feeling that the words he

knows are not innocent phrases like " where is a taxi? " or " how much

for cup of coffee " ... he is an old Navy man and we have a pretty

good idea of just what words and phrases he learned. He is getting

a pretty good laugh about this so I have warned Ashlee not to repeat

anything her grandpa taught her to her teachers. She might give one

of them a heart attack!

 

Speaking of language...it was so funny...my mom went with us to the

airport last night to get Ashlee and on the drive home, it was so

funny how Ashlee had to struggle to keep her language clean in front

of her grandma! Some things never change...according to my hubby.

He remembers well his own days in the military (he's an old Air

Force man..served during Viet Nam war) and he tells us he had the

same experience when he first came home.

 

Well, enough for now. I have to make all kinds of goodies for her

to take back with her (according to her, the food is really crappy

on post) and she wants all her favorites. So, talk to all of you

later..

 

Cherry

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Dear Cherry,

Congratulations on your daughter getting home all right. We picked

our Naval Academy Midshipman up last night at the Airport. He looked great

in his uniform and we were happy to see him for the first time since last

August. The first thing that he did when he hit the house was to call his

friends and leave. We only got to see his dust (and I had to make sure that

he didn't catch me waiting up for him to get home at 2 AM). (You know moms

will be moms.) However, tonight will be different. We are going to an

All-Services Military Ball for the students at all of the military academies

(Air Force, Navy, West Point, Merchant Marine, and Coast Guard). This is

something that the parents clubs put on annually here in North Texas to show

our appreciation for all that our young people are doing. It is awesome to

see all of the students walk into the room in their military finery

respresenting their service choice. These young people, as you have already

talked about with your daughter, have an air of self-esteem and confidence

that is unusual to see often in our daily lives. It makes you so proud when

your see these young people representing our country. This will be the last

ball for the seniors because they are going off into their respective fields

to serve our country. Many will be going to Iraq or to some other part of

the world. Again, it makes you proud to see these young people representing

us and showing us the best that our country has to offer. Your daughter as

well as these young people are our leaders of tomorrow. They are our future.

Oh well, I'm speaking to the choir here. I must go and get ready for the

military ball. (I get to dress up and wear a formal - what fun!)

I hope that you and all of the other parents and spouses of people

in the military and ex-military (especially you, Butch) have as wonderful a

Christmas as we will have with our son home. May God Bless and Keep Every

One of Our Military and their Families.

Sincerely,

Rhavda Emison

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>Butch, just got your email. Ashlee is off visiting her relatives

>and poor hubby is riding along. It has been awhile since he drove

>with her and since this is her first time she is driving her car for

>such a long time, daddy may be sporting a lot more gray hairs when

>he gets back. I can't believe our news was hitting the waves in

>Turkey!

 

>On a different note...you are so right about immersing Ashlee into

>the language. She has Korean teachers (a different one for each

>class) and they deluge her into the culture and language.

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>Well, enough for now. I have to make all kinds of goodies for her

>to take back with her (according to her, the food is really crappy

>on post) and she wants all her favorites. So, talk to all of you

>later..

>

>Cherry

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