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Letting your child go
The sun was shinning, all the windows were opened,
I felt the breeze of a beautiful day.
One of my twins came home from school,
and advised me he had something to say.

he said "I've thought allot about this mom,
and I don't want you to cry."
I've decided to join the air force
from this nest it's time that I fly.

I want to be a firemen just like I'm doing here,

but I need to be paid for my efforts
and I can't just being a volunteer.

I don't want to repay a loan,
and start my life in debt.
but after a few years in the air force
I will get out and my life will be set.

I could see he put allot of thought into this,
and his maturity really did show,
as much as i wanted to hold on tight,
I knew it was time to let go.

What was my baby thinking,
is he crazy or is he just nuts?
did he remember there was a war going on?
I thought man this kid has some guts.

Next thing I knew a Sargent was knocking at my door,
my boy introduced this Sargent
as the guy he'd spoken of before.

I sat and talked to this guy
as my husband walked away,
I could see his heart was breaking
because he wanted his son to stay.

I stood my ground and told this man
not to lie I wanted the truth,
after all you are trying to take a boy,
who is still in the prime of his youth.

We talked for a couple of hours,
I signed the papers feeling sick and upset.
I had to let him make this choice,
so he'd never have a regret.

As we stood there watching him get sworn in,
I then knew he was leaving for sure
There was now a hole in my heart
that nothing would be able to cure.

Our son is now in Alaska,
he's missing his mom and dad.
when he calls home I can hear
in his voice that he's feeling lonely and sad.

There's nothing we can do now,
he chose this life for the next 6 years.
We try to talk to him every day but when
I hang up the phone I burst into tears.

He's coming home soon I tell myself,
the time will go by fast.
Though it seems like he just left yesterday,
a year has already gone past.

Five more years to go,
can he do it? I sure hope he can.
after all my son left as a boy
but now he's become a man.

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