Bears. Babies. My friend in Iraq.

by Joe Doyle on January 21, 2007

BEARS
Wake up. Shower. Put on the Piccolo jersey. Da Bearssssssss. Ditka. Sausage. Go BEARSSSS! Oh man, this is gonna be a great game.

BABIES
Last night I felt the babies move for the first time. The quick thump on Stacey’s left side got me thinking that they’re probably trying to perfect their pedal stroke. Full circles, kids.


MY FRIEND IN IRAQ

I really hate this war. Probably because I’ve got a good friend protecting VIPs in the most volatile area of Fallujah. But today I got good news:

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Hey Joe,
It will be on AFN (Armed Forces Network) around 0230. I hope to watch some of it, but I don’t think I will be up that late/early. I did get to see the last game which was the first Bears game I watched all year. I should be back to Cali on Valentines Day and then back to Chicago around the first week in March. I’m closing in on the three week mark. Activity has picked up here for us over the last month. We had a few run ins with the bad guys. My guys are healthy, theirs aren’t. I hope to keep that up for a few more weeks. We’re being replaced by a good crew of guys. Tell Stacey I said hi. Paul.
GO BEARS!!!!

Come home safe, brother.

Related posts

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

1 grandma ashley 01.21.07 at 7:42 pm

Go Bears!! on to the superbowl. Fantastic!!

I have a feeling these kids are going to learn how to
ride bikes before they learn how to walk, if Joe has
anything to do with it.

Hope all goes well for your friend Paul in Iraq.
He is in my prayers.
Love to all,
Mom

2 Ruthie 01.22.07 at 10:24 pm

Hey Joey and Stacy!!!
The game was amazing for sure, and I’m so pumped for the game in two weeks! That is so cool that the babies are kicking around riding there little bikes. I can’t wait to meet those little cutties. Well I’ve got to go, hope to see you four soon.
your friend will be in my prayers
Love always
me

3 Joe Doyle 01.23.07 at 12:34 pm

Thanks Mom and Ruthie. Paul is a smart guy. I hope he keeps his head down, and concentrated, so he can fight the bad guys on the Chicago streets. He’s a great cop, too.

Leave a Comment

You can use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>