Posts Tagged ‘fellow’
Epson/Sparkplugging Event
I am sooo far behind, but I went to this awesome event last Thursday. Wendy Piersall was so kind to invite me, and I met so many awesome Chicago women. It was a great girls night out. The drinks and food were awesome (note to self: don’t drink the drink above and expect to go to bed. It was 2 am before I remembered that that drink had Red Bull in it). I’d like to give a shout out to all the wonderful women I met (now, if I don’t mention you and you were there, I didn’t get your card! Just let me know, so I can add you to this list): Barbara, Beth, Kim, Kim, Karen, Arianne, Jessica, Amber, Jayne, and Sima. It is nice to exchange ideas with fellow women who understand social media and the uses of Twitter. I hope to meet these incredible women again.
Wednesday’s Hero
Sgt. Anton J. Hiett
25 years old from Mount Airy, North Carolina
391st Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve
March 12, 2006
Misty Hiett, the widow of Sgt. Anton Hiett, said in an interview that he, Sgt. Hiett, asked to transfer to the 391st Engineering Battalion when it looked like his reserve unit would not be deployed.
Sgt. Hiett was a truck driver who joined the military right out of high school because he “wanted to go help out” during the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. After his transfer to the 391st, he was deployed to Afghanistan on April 22, 2005.
On March 12, 2006, Sgt. Hiett, and three fellow soldiers from the 391st, Staff Sgt. Joe Ray; Spc. Joshua Hill and Sgt. Kevin Akins, were killed when an IED detonated near their Humvee during combat operations west of Asadabad, Afghanistan. He left behind his wife and their then 2(now 4)-year-old daughter Kyra.
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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Meeting a fellow blogger
My friend Elizabeth and I talk quite a bit on Messenger — almost daily — so it wasn’t weird for me to be talking to her this afternoon. However, she decide to come visit my kids and me today! The cool part of this is that Elizabeth lives 4 hours from me! Elizabeth and her 2 year old are at my house right now for a visit. The three kids (my two and her one) are playing great together, and everyone is getting along great! Us moms were able to talk, play on our computers, get some blogging done, and generally have a good time. It’s going to be sad when they have to leave, but I am so glad they came to visit!
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