I’ve been meaning to change the site to more accurately reflect Josh’s mission and our support of it.  As such you should see some more changes rolling out today. We miss you, Josh.

We’re going to the store today to make some purchases to send to Josh. Before he left he gave everyone in the family a wish list; he also wrote down some specific things he’d like. I’m going to post them here today both for anyone who’s interested as well as for my own notes … The General List in no particular order … Baby...

So tonight has been a night for self reflection as I was home alone.  And I realized before going to bed that I have been thinking about Josh most of the evening. It’s about 8 am in Iraq right now…I checked on the weather channel web site and the temperature is oddly about the same right now between where he is and I am…  I guess the weather sucks...

From JS Online: FRIDAY, July 28, 2006, 12:34 p.m. By Tom Kertscher Another Parent Questions Guard Training Allegations of training problems at the camp where Stephen Castner’s Wisconsin National Guard unit trained were echoed today by the father of one of the soldiers in the unit. On Thursday, Sgt. Jason Bower of Waukesha told the Journal Sentinel that the...

Moving article about 1-121st first casualty, again from JS Online: Soldier, scholar, mentor Posted: July 26, 2006 Mike Nichols E-MAIL When Steve Castner gave his mom a list of books he wanted last Christmas, they were all about the Middle East – which was not at all out of character. He was a voracious reader. It first became clear in third grade when he...