Little box, big words.

Just a strange search term I just noticed. It's late here, almost three in the morning, and I was just thinking about the wife, mother, father, brother, or friend of some Joe, maybe just back from the war, sitting at a computer at this hour typing these words into that little box

iraq changed him

I wonder what the changes are that they see, what's going on in their lives right now. Does he know they're searching about him, is he even in the room. Maybe he's asleep right there in the bed next to her. Did she wait till this late hour so he would be asleep and not see her typing words like those into that box. Maybe he's left the house, went out to drink, or who know what...I wish I knew more, wish there was something I could do.

Funny how you can feel empathy for someone you know nothing about, from just a few words typed into a little box at three in the morning. I wonder if the link she found here on my little blog a thousand miles away helped in any way. Maybe it made her problem worst. I think to myself, is she scared about the changes she has seen, or worried for her safety, or his. Is she worried about the kids. Was she looking for advise, symptoms, or maybe someone she could talk too. Maybe it's nothing so serious as all that, it might be just little things, nothing to fret about. But then why is she up at three in the morning typing words into that little box.

I'm going to out to my porch, smoke a cigarette, turn in for the night. Tomorrow I'll think about it.