Dr. Laura Caller - Extreme Emotional Reaction

I was listening to the radio today and minding my own business when a soldier called the Dr. Laura Show on the radio to talk about his father who was dying from Pancreatic Cancer. My ears always stand up when I hear someone talking cancer because my own father died from Pancreatic Cancer almost seven (7) years ago. This proud member of the U.S. armed services began his question by talking about how he and his father had never seen eye to eye on things since he was fourteen (14) years old. As this caller talked, my mind wondered back to the time I first learned that my own father was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and his doctor told him that he only had three (3) months to live.

As I found out over the next few minutes, listening to the Dr. Laura Show, this proud young man, with character of steel, had a father he wanted to set old problems right with before his death was not a father anyone would want to wish for in their own life. This brave soldier had a father that was jealous of his son's success in the military and belittled him at almost every turn. When hearing this young man talk, it brought tears to my eyes and a strong feeling of disgust with any parent that would want their child to fail, just because they saw their own life as a failure. Since my own father was not like that, I felt a huge since of pride in my own dad for always encouraging me to do the right thing and make my own way in this world.

It has been a long time since I found myself, a man of 48 years, crying in the car, while listening to a real life story from someone else in a situation worse than me. After Dr. Laura let this young man go, she went to a commercial break and when she returned her music director played the Lee Greenwood song, "God Bless the USA". After returning to her microphone, Dr. Laura was unable to speak right for almost ten (10) minutes because the previous caller and that wonderful Lee Greenwood song brought tears to her eyes. Dr. Laura was not the only person that was effected profoundly by this young man yesterday, I also had to pull my car over because the tears in my eyes would not stop flowing. While most Americans are looking for a quick fix in Iraq, the truth is that there is not quick fix and we Americans must stick around until we eventually win this war.

I am so proud of the young people that put their lives on the line for this country every single day and after listening to this young man on the Dr. Laura Show today I know that the United States of America is in good hands for the future even though some folks still believe that retreat is the best outcome for the War in Iraq.

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