Posted on 10/09/2009 12:24:47 AM PDT by Grumpybutt
Abby Bennethum of Laureldale is pregnant with her third child.
She says she got pregnant back in June or July just before her husband, U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum, deployed to Iraq with the 733rd Transportation Company, based in Reading.
"I've heard of deployment babies, but I never thought I'd be having one," Abby said.
If Abby's daughter Paige, who turned 4 last week, is any indication, Abby is going to have her hands full.
Abby was wrestling with her second daughter, Lena, 10 months, when I spoke to her.
Staff Sgt. Bennethum got a four-day pass just before the 733rd deployed in July, and Abby bundled the kids into the car drove down to Fort Dix, N.J., to pick him up and spend some quality time before he left for Iraq for a one-year tour of duty.
Staff Sgt. Bennethum and his men are transporting supplies and soldiers back and forth in Iraq.
Abby said she could tell me what part of Iraq her husband is in, but then she'd have to kill me.
When Abby and the kids got to the base, Staff Sgt. Bennethum unbelted Paige and lifted her out of the car. Almost immediately his commanding officer ordered the soldiers to fall in.
"Gotta go," Staff Sgt. Bennethum said as he joined his fellow soldiers in formation.
What he didn't realize was that Paige was hot on his heels.
When he got into formation, Paige grabbed onto his right hand and wouldn't let go.
"I called to her a couple of times, but she wouldn't budge," Abby said. "I don't know if the officers didn't see her because they were in the back row, or they simply didn't say anything about her being there."
"She just wouldn't let go of him," she said.
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Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting the photo :o)
Holy cow, that’s a hard photo to look at. Poor little thing.
I was at a homecoming for returning Marines at Lejeune early this year, and waiting for the buses to show up was a woman pushing a baby in a stroller with a sign that said, “Hi Dad, nice to meet you.”
I’m sure that happens all too often.
Awww..
Godspeed toward Brett’s family and to all the families of these soldiers.
Crying. Need these reminders from time to time. Keeps me grounded.
Thanks.
What a sweet photo, and what a wonderful thing it is for a little girl to love her daddy too much to let him go. I hope she knows her daddy would much rather be with her, but his sense of duty and his spirit of freedom make it possible for her to be free. May the Good Lord watch over this beautiful little family, and all others like them.
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