I am so very very sad

I got a call last evening that a friend of mines son had been killed in Iraq. In fact he and his family were our carpool for the majority of the time that my kids were in grade school. He was an EMT in the Naval Reserves assigned to a Marine unit and was killed by a roadside bomb. Chris was 30 years old and his brother Patrick is a Marine who was also stationed in Iraq. Pat is escorting his brother back to KC for his funeral and burial in Ft Leavenworth National Cemetary. It makes me so sad for his family. Chris is with his Dad now and with our heavenly Father. There are just no words to make things okay for his family.