The purpose of my blog is to teach you to be flexible when it comes cooking without gluten. In fact today's blog was supposed to be recipe for the dessert of the week, which I will give you tomorrow.
But something happened in the world this week that mad me rethink that blog idea. Today I am going to tell you a story: The day my world stood still for just a moment.
It was a cool October morning (October 27, 1995). My husband was at PT running his little heart out on Grubber Road in front of Headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft Bragg, North Carolina. That's where we were stationed. I was pregnant with our oldest child. I was still dozing because it was still pretty early. Then the shots rang out. Sgt. William Kreutzer was hunkered down in the woods. At the end of the incident, 1 soldier was dead and 20 soldiers were hurt. Michael's company was on the route toward the sniper. They were told of the incident, and they turned around and ran the other way but continued to run. No one in his company took the news seriously. Little did they know the serious situation that was occurring at that very moment.
On the way home, he learned of the incident. He told me when he got home. I don't think I have ever been so terrified in my life. My husband was less than a mile from the scene where people were being shot. He was running straight toward the area. I very well could have been without my husband. The thought of the seriousness of the situation and how close we had come to the tragedy, totally terrified me.
I spent the next couple of days fielding calls from friends and family who were concerned once they heard of the incident. I was rehashing the event over and over again each time I had to tell the story.
Once the story was out, things began to die down after a few weeks. Our lives returned to normal, but the story continued to unfold. Sgt Kreutzer was found guilty, sentenced to death, had his conviction over-turned, was re convicted, given life in prison. But in the end the situation affected all of us stationed at Ft. Bragg. Who would have thought that incident would have changed us so dramatically.
This week another shooting on an army base by an army soldier occurred at Ft. Hood. It brought back all those memories and feelings of dread. We were so lucky. Of course the tragedy at Ft. Hood was greater than at Ft. Bragg, but any amount of loss of life is a tragedy. I am inclined to give my condolences and prayers to the families and soldiers who have been affected by the shooting because of the incident we went through.
Remember that the soldiers were in the army readiness area and were either on their way to the middle east or coming home. These soldiers were just doing their job, and someone with a skewed view of things, decided to take things into his own hands and used violence to "change" the situation. This was not the way to impact the thoughts of the people. The people will see this as a reason to continue to stay in the middle east.
Prayers are what the soldiers and their families and friends need at this critical time. The situation has caused them to question the safety of their home base. they can feel scared and jumpy for the next few weeks. Having been in their shoes, I am giving my prayers in earnest. Tomorrow I will give you the dessert of the week. It is a Pumpkin Mousse that will be the go to dessert that you will use in place of pumpkin pie.
Lord be with those at Ft. Hood.
But something happened in the world this week that mad me rethink that blog idea. Today I am going to tell you a story: The day my world stood still for just a moment.
It was a cool October morning (October 27, 1995). My husband was at PT running his little heart out on Grubber Road in front of Headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft Bragg, North Carolina. That's where we were stationed. I was pregnant with our oldest child. I was still dozing because it was still pretty early. Then the shots rang out. Sgt. William Kreutzer was hunkered down in the woods. At the end of the incident, 1 soldier was dead and 20 soldiers were hurt. Michael's company was on the route toward the sniper. They were told of the incident, and they turned around and ran the other way but continued to run. No one in his company took the news seriously. Little did they know the serious situation that was occurring at that very moment.
On the way home, he learned of the incident. He told me when he got home. I don't think I have ever been so terrified in my life. My husband was less than a mile from the scene where people were being shot. He was running straight toward the area. I very well could have been without my husband. The thought of the seriousness of the situation and how close we had come to the tragedy, totally terrified me.
I spent the next couple of days fielding calls from friends and family who were concerned once they heard of the incident. I was rehashing the event over and over again each time I had to tell the story.
Once the story was out, things began to die down after a few weeks. Our lives returned to normal, but the story continued to unfold. Sgt Kreutzer was found guilty, sentenced to death, had his conviction over-turned, was re convicted, given life in prison. But in the end the situation affected all of us stationed at Ft. Bragg. Who would have thought that incident would have changed us so dramatically.
This week another shooting on an army base by an army soldier occurred at Ft. Hood. It brought back all those memories and feelings of dread. We were so lucky. Of course the tragedy at Ft. Hood was greater than at Ft. Bragg, but any amount of loss of life is a tragedy. I am inclined to give my condolences and prayers to the families and soldiers who have been affected by the shooting because of the incident we went through.
Remember that the soldiers were in the army readiness area and were either on their way to the middle east or coming home. These soldiers were just doing their job, and someone with a skewed view of things, decided to take things into his own hands and used violence to "change" the situation. This was not the way to impact the thoughts of the people. The people will see this as a reason to continue to stay in the middle east.
Prayers are what the soldiers and their families and friends need at this critical time. The situation has caused them to question the safety of their home base. they can feel scared and jumpy for the next few weeks. Having been in their shoes, I am giving my prayers in earnest. Tomorrow I will give you the dessert of the week. It is a Pumpkin Mousse that will be the go to dessert that you will use in place of pumpkin pie.
Lord be with those at Ft. Hood.
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