On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
Johanna Johnson thought she would die first, not any of her four kids. This is what Larry's mom is quoted as saying in the second line of the story: You're not supposed to bury your son. Your son is supposed to bury you. It isn't supposed to be this way. The story went on to talk about what Larry's hopes and dreams were, not only for himself but for his own mother. The story says that Larry Johnson loved his mom so much that he always promised he would some day make sure she no longer had to work. He would buy her a double-block home in California, and she would live on one side and live off the rent from the other half. That was a soldier's dream for his mother--just 19 years old and not only thinking about the rest of his life, not only volunteering to serve his country in the Marine Corps and going to Afghanistan, but to have a dream--a dream for his mother's future that he hoped to bring to fruition.
