CS: Well, he was only there five days before he was killed. He started one letter that he never finished, and we got it back with his things.
NC: What did it say?
CS: Um…well, I’ll give you the general thing, but it was kind of personal. Y’know, he said that, um
Casey Sheehan's last letter to one of his sisters was posted on one of Cindy's sites :
" The married soldiers had their families to see them off, and all I had was a call home the night before.
Mom cried her eyes out over the phone, not the first time it happened either."
I wonder- did Mom ever come to the family week ends prior to deployment ?
Since it appears that his unit had some type of deployment ceremony-why didn't she attend ?
Too bad she couldn't have sent Casey off without the burden about worrying about her mental health.
The soldiers are always most worried about the welfare of their loved ones back home. What a selfish, self centered mother.
And then this -
"I'm also glad I got to talk to Mom for a bit about a week ago. She probably doesn't remember because I woke her up."
Guess old Cindy couldn't summon much energy to talk to her son .And since the call was just for " a bit "- did sleepy Cindy cut it short ?
Oh and Cindy claims she didn't sleep for 2 weeks when Casey left.
You know Cindy. She's always cutting phone calls short.
I think Mrs. Sheehan has some real issues...the lengths to which she has gone with this whole thing isn't just because she is looking for "stardom" (though by her actions, I would also wonder about that)
But the fact that she didn't see him off...Her total disdain for his decision makes me question her feelings for him. I think there's a lot of hidden self-guilt going on here.
My 26 year old son is in the Air Force....I would never presume to tell him how to live his life as this woman apparently tried to do!
Can you give me links to the letters?