They told the audience the death of six Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan.
I quickly changed the channel to CBC News World.
Sure enough, sadly it was true.
Six Canadian soldiers dead!!!
I blogged the story and decided to phone a woman whose husband is in Afghanistan.
She answered the phone in a very friendly mood.
At first, I felt relieved because she must have heard the news and it wasn’t her hubby.
She began talking about my blog.
I quickly changed the subject and asked her if her husband was in the area of the bombing?
She didn’t know what I was talking about???
I told her that six Canadian soldiers got killed in Afghanistan.
She quickly replied - One soldier???
I said- No! Six!!!!
I told her to change the channel to CBC News World.
She told her friend to change the channel and once she saw the television screen - Six Canadian Soldiers Killed.
Her first words were Dear God....Dear God....Dear God....
I was on the other line and told her they got killed on the road and I knew her husband wasn’t supposed to be in that area.
The woman never said a word.
I told her that I’ll let her go.
She quickly said- Charles? I got to let you go.
She never heard a word I told her on the phone.
After I told her the news? Her mind went blank!
Yes, when you have someone stationed overseas, you are hit very hard by the news of a soldier’s death.
The wives of our Canadians soldiers are a huge family.
Together they support our troops and with the news of the death of one of their own? They will mourn together.
Yes, I even have tears in my eyes while writing this little blog.
It’s very sad indeed.
This will be the closest that I will ever come to break the news of a soldier death to a family.
It was very sad.
I believe the next time I hear some awful news from Afghanistan?
I will send an email.
It’s much less emotional that way!
My sympathy to the Families!
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