Joni (Greg's Mom)'s Page

I've found, since my son has been in the Navy that there are people who say they support the military, but they really don't if it's an inconvenience to them. That was not the case today when I went to Verizon to suspend Gregory's account for six months while he's deployed. It really costs him a lot to keep a phone he can't even use at sea and they understood that, even though they could have refused and collected the money for nothing for half a year. I gave them his account information and the… Continue

I'm going to Dallas for the SEALS event as a Navy for Moms volunteer. They're offering us free Rangers tickets. Aside from the fact that George W. Bush once had something to do with them, the only other thing I know about them comes from an incident a few years ago. My team, the St. Louis Cardinals, played the Rangers. They hardly ever do that because they're in different leagues.
Anyway, a big bruiser of a guy grabbed a fly ball away from a little boy when it landed near them in the stands. He… Continue

Gregory went back on Sunday. I thought I heard his voice tonight, but it was just someone on TV in the next room. We spent the last few hours working on his iPod. He keeps all of his songs on my laptop, so I have more rap music than anyone else my age probably. Each generation has something uniquely their own, but he likes some of my music, too. Classic rock..
Gregory brought back his board. It's not a skateboard, I don't think, because it looks bigger than a skateboard. It makes me nervous, wha… Continue

I've been googling, looking for Navy bumper stickers and I came to the Zazzle sight. They sell two categories of bumper stickers - military and Republican. I never thought of the military as partisan and I don't think all those soldiers who were eagerly reaching out their arms to shake hands with President Obama in Iraq think it is, either. It didn't look like a Republican rally to me.
I think the Republicans became more linked with the military during the Vietnam era. Generally, they were the h… Continue

I feel real sad tonight after the news about the Los Angeles Angel pitcher who was killed by a drunk driver. Baseball can break your heart in more ways than one. My old wound has opened up again. It happened to us Cardinal fans before 9/11. I guess like a lot of people, that's how I think of time now - before and after 9/11. I was going to St. Louis for a children's bereavement conference. I was a facilitator then. I decided to take the kids with me.
The first shock happened in Denton when we st… Continue