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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Father, son find more quality time in Iraq

Father, son find more quality time in Iraq
By James Warden, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, June 15, 2008


Q-WEST, Iraq —–Spc. Mathew Williams can still recall the best garage sale discovery his father ever made.

Mathew, his two brothers and his dad, Sgt. Terryll Williams, were driving in a pickup when the eldest Williams said it sure would be cool if he could find a mini-motorcycle for $150.

Terryll has an uncanny sense for garage sales and enjoys spending his free time scouting for the best items. Within minutes, the group stumbled on one with a motorcycle exactly as Terryll had imagined. He haggled the owner down to $100 and still has the bike to this day.

That recollection is one of the all-too-few memories that 20-year-old Mathew has with his father. Terryll left his sons’ lives when Mathew was about 5 — taking care of his son through child support instead of hugs and driving lessons in that old pickup.

At first, he saw his children once a week. But Terryll, now 51, was a truck driver, and those visits soon dropped off to maybe once every couple of months, sometimes for as little as a half-hour. They got along well during their brief visits, but it wasn’t enough. Mathew grew up without his dad, and Terryll grew older without his son.

Several months ago, Mathew, a member of the Indiana National Guard, called his dad to tell him that he planned to volunteer for Iraq with a buddy from college.
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Great story for Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there.

Convention for NAMI is still going on and I don't want to forget to offer this wish to some amazing men in my life! (online life and in real life)

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