My Son, Tommy
Graduation 2003
Grandpa, Tommy, Granny J & Kim
at Tommy's High School Graduation
       
Tommy with his buddy,
J&L's Bigger Than Pooh
Tommy with Winston
Kim, Dad and Tommy on our
vacation to Washington D.C. in 2002
Tommy married Erica on March 3, 2008 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Tommy became a father on March 21, 2008 to Victoria LyAnne
Myers. He told me before she was born that he had never
loved anything so much that he had never even laid eyes
on..That was the first sign that my son had become a man.
With the certainty of deployment looming before them,
Tommy and Erica focused on building their life and their
family. The strength they needed to face a year apart was
in their love for one another and for their child.
Our soldier faced a difficult time away
from his family and it was a great
sacrifice for him. Spring 2009 found
him home for a two week visit.

The visit was short, sweet, and made it
even harder to leave his family for a
second time.
Before his daughter's first
Christmas, Tommy deployed to Iraq
and then moved on to Afghanistan
for a 12 month tour of duty.
Home again at last, Tommy celebrated Christmas
with the family in Texas before taking his family
to Cleveland, Ohio for welding school.
We celebrated
Christmas early so
that we could have
time together
before he deployed.