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A soldier's duties often outweigh family yearnings

Nov- 4-2005 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

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By MICHELLE CUTHRELL, News-Miner

He's been staring at her pictures on the Internet and watching her from the other side of a Web camera for weeks. He's called her, sent her kisses and adored her from thousands of miles away. But this week, he will finally get to meet the little angel he's fallen in love with for the last 2 1/2 months.

This week, Sgt. Adam Worthington will meet his baby girl for the very first time.

Adam's 4-pound 9-ounce daughter, Skyler, was born four weeks early in a hospital in West Virginia the day before he deployed to Iraq. Because he was scheduled to deploy from Fort Wainwright the next day, he was unable to leave Fairbanks to be with his wife, Angela, in the hospital or even meet his brand new bundle of joy during her first moments of life.

I saw the look on Adam's face the day he deployed, knowing the two most important women in his life were in a hospital 4,000 miles away. I saw the stoic expression on his face as he forced himself into the 2-1 Infantry Battalion headquarters and proceeded with his mission against everything I know must have been hiding deep inside.

I just wish I could see his face this week as he looks into Skyler's eyes for the very first time. And as many other soldier daddies do the same this year. [...]


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