DEAR ABBY: Please inform your readers that if their child is enlisting in the armed services or plans to go overseas, the parents should also get passports.
Our son left to serve in Iraq. He is now in Germany for medical reasons, and we cannot get to him.
Passports take six weeks to process. They can be expedited for a hefty fee, but they still take two weeks to arrive. -- LEARNED LATE IN WEST LAFAYETTE, OHIO
DEAR LEARNED: That's a helpful suggestion, and I'll pass it along.
P.S. Your son is in my prayers. Please let me know how he's doing.