No, I'm not talking about the 80's TV show.  I'm talking about how there is a connection between family members even though you don't know them nearly as well as a friend or even some co-workers.  My cousin, Sgt. Nathaniel Greene, is stationed in Iraq right now.  I didn't realize this until early December.  I knew that he was in Afghanastan for a while then he got shipped to Iraq this fall.  Nathan also got married within the past year.  My uncle had a reception for him in Ohio because they got married away from home.  It was the first time I saw him in about a year and if I was a towel head with any intention of doing harm to the USA, I'd set off that bomb around my chest way before he had a chance to get to me.  He is about 6'3" and his muscles were cut.  Reminds me of me in my dreams.  He actually entered the Army before he graduated.  He got enough credits to graduate high school and go into the military.  He is the third generation of Greene's to be in the military.  Pap Greene was in the Army and Navy.  Uncle Sam was in the Marines and now Nathan is in the Army.  The fact that he was able to graduate early tells you that he was pretty smart.  All of my Greene cousins are very smart.  I wonder what happened to me?  I think I will do what most people do and blame it on my parents.  Now, mom and dad, you can bare that weight for the rest of your life.  Back to Nathan.  Here is a kid that could have done anything he wanted to do.  He was a great football player and probably would be a great linebacker on most college lineups.  And despite all his gifts, he did the most honorable thing an American can do and decided to serve his country.  I remember two particular stories about Nathan when we were growing up. 

Nathan was not even in school yet and at the time they lived in a rural part of Ohio.  I know what you are thinking, what part isn't?  Well they lived in a house surrounded by acres and acres of corn fields which is now a golf course surprisingly. 

Sorry, I have to stop now and fix the kitchen sink light.  Maybe I will get to finish this some other time.  Sorry Nathan.