cousins Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

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What better way to start off your morning than by VOTING FOR LUKE! The “Preemie of the Year” voting continues today. He’s been steady, hanging in the Top 5, and we appreciate your votes keeping him there. Feel free to send that link on to whomever you wish! Ok, on to Aggieland. Last Friday and Saturday,…

Top Nine: ‘Thank You’ is never enough

Today’s top ten became the top nine (see below)…We all know one (or two or more), a distinguished man or woman who served our country. Our family is blessed to have several such heroes: Papa Jack (WWII) Grandpa Toots (WWII) Uncle Joe Mack (Korea) Dad Bill (Vietnam) Cousin John (Gulf War, Iraqx2) Uncle Buddy (Korea) Uncle…

And…he’s stateside!!

My cousin John (his mom and my dad are siblings) arrived home from his second year-long deployment in Iraq. The first was behind a desk, this time around he got to enjoy having a cross-hair on him. Fun times. We are tha-rilled to have him home and even more excited that his unit will be…

A whole lot of joy

I think our Christmas season – and yes, it’s technically still Christmas until January 6 – can be summed up in one sweet word: JOY. I pray yours was filled with the same. Here, I’ll give you another word: LOUD. Another: UNFORGETTABLE. And one last one: NUTS. That pretty much sums it up…joy, loud, loud,…

War Stinks

Sometimes I just don’t know where to start. Yesterday we found out my cousin John will soon deploy for his second tour in Iraq. My dad is a Vietnam veteran, my uncle a Korean War veteran and my two grandfathers were WWII veterans…there are countless other friends from A&M and elsewhere that are serving now.…