I was about 3 when I met him. He was tall with dark brown hair. He was masculine and scary lookin, yet soft and gentle. "hey little guy,I'm your dad" he said holding his hand out tro me. I could barely talk with correct grammar, but I still tried. "what's that?" I said poking at his clothes. He jut laughed softly and smiled, then suddenly I noticed something. He was in a uniform. I looked up with great amazement, you know like a puppy when you get home from school. "Army man" I said, he smiled and shook his head. "No buddy, Marine Man"
I woke up to a baby crying and my mom screaming "THAZACKIOUS RYAN ALEXANDER ANDERSON GET YOUR ASS UP ITS ALMOST NOON!!!' I woke up realizing that I was dreaming about the day I met my father.
"Damn" I thought to myself "I wish he was home already. I went down stairs and made me breakfast, or lunch,, then I babysat my 18month old sister Sara.
Later when my mom got home she told us that my dad would be home the next day. It had been a year and a half since he was deployed and I was so excited. You can tell I'm definitely NOT a mommas boy.
It was the next day and I was up at the crack of dawn getting the house cleaned and everything for my dad to come home. By the time 2:15 came I was ready to see my dad.
The plane landed and all the troops stepped out and I searched every where for my dad but I couldn't find him. Suddenly I heard a husky deep voice "Sargent Major Anderson it was my pleasure serving with you" the guy saluted my father and my father dismissed him. As soon as the guy left I attacked my dad knocking him to the pavement. "DADDY!!!!" I screamed leaping into his arms. "Hey mini me" he said laughing. He took Sara in is arms and we went home and we were a family again.
That dreadful time came where my dad deployed, only this time it was longer.
I was 12 years old and it was the night before the first day 7th grade and couldnt sleep for nothing. Then I remembered what my dad told me. He told me if I ever wanted to talk at night that I can video chat him sand we could talk when ever.
I got up and got my laptop and turned on the webcam and requested a video and all of sudden I saw my dad and we talked. We talked about Sara, huntin, fishin, and how when I got older I would be just like him. Then he brought up school.
I'm not the best at school because of my dyslexia so naturally he was worried about me. We talked about my classes and who would be my totuors. I recommended certain people and he said they were good at what they do so they would work.
Around 2 he said I needed to go to bed and that I needed to get rest and we would talk after school so we said our good-bye's and he was asking how to turn off the webcam, so I told him.
I'm sitting on my bed and I watched my idol get up and walk away to his Humvee thinking he was finally gonna show me the trick we've been talking about. The Humvee stopped and he got out and walked a lil bit and pushed is men back and he tackled the ground and that's when my life turned around for the worst.
