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soldier in Iraq at this time.
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
'What are you doing?' I asked without fear,
'Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!'
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said 'Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.'
'It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,'
Then he sighed, 'That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers.'
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother...
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.'
' So go back inside,' he said, 'harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right.'
'But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
'Give you money,' I asked, 'or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son.'
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
'Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us..'
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq
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God Bless You and Watch Over You
All Our Military Men and Women
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To Honor Our Troops
Hello Everyone,
How are you? I hope you had a great day today. It's getting cold now. The stores are busy..and all we need is some snow now to make the season complete. Soon we will be seeing lots of Christmas lights.
I love Christmas. It may be my imagination but it seems to me that everyone is sooooo very nice at this time of year. Nicer than usually.
I will tell you just a little about myself. I am a people person. As you can tell by my page I strongly respect and admire those who are willing to stand up and fight for the things most of us take for granted.
I don't often enough remember what our soldiers do for us and that is why at this time I have decided to make my page a tribute to our service men.
Love kids. Love learning. Hope I can keep on learning until the day I die. Well I could go on and on.
I am some what of a talker but this is it for now.
Don't forget support our protectors, guys and girls who fight for our freedom.
Hugs and Love
Morasco
My Friend Tx Bill sent this to me.
It hit my heart and is very true.
I Would like to Welcome all Visitors from
all around the world..click your flag and let
me know you were here. Thank you so much.
Respectfully Yours
Please take a look at this video..
It is just amazing what these
young ladies from the U.S.
Naval Academy accomplish.
This takes the utmost self
discipline.Our navy ladies are
no wimps thats for sure.
http://soonereyo.blip.tv/#1826380
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Something to think about....
The Sack Lunches
I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned
seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to
read Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.
Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled
all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a
conversation. 'Where are you headed?' I asked the soldier seated nearest to me.
'Petawawa. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then
we're being deployed to Afghanistan
After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack
lunches were available for five dollars. It would be several hours
before we reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help
pass the time..
As I reached for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he
planned to buy lunch. 'No, that seems like a lot of money for just a
sack lunch. Probably wouldn't be worth five bucks. I'll wait till we get to base '
His friend agreed...
I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked
to the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar
bill. 'Take a lunch to all those soldiers.' She grabbed my arms and squeezed
tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My son was a soldier
in Iraq; it's almost like you are doing it for him.'
Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were
seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best - beef
or chicken?'
'Chicken,' I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to
the front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from
first class. 'This is your thanks.'
After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane, heading
for the rest room. A man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want to be
part of it. Here, take this..' He handed me twenty-five dollars.
Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down
the aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not
looking for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my
side of the plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out
his hand, an said, 'I want to shake your hand.'
Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand.
With a booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military
pilot. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I
never forgot.' I was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the
passengers.
Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A
man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand,
wanting to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.
When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane. Waiting
just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put something in
my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word. Another
twenty-five dollars!
Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip
to the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars.
'It will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for
a sandwich. God Bless You.'
Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their
fellow travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer
for their safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our
country. I could only give them a couple of meals.
It seemed so little...
A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life,wrote a blank check
made payable to 'America for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'
That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no
longer understand it.'
There are just no words that can express the great honor that
our military men and women deserve.� They have sacrificed
time with their families and their families have sacrificed time
with them in order for them to fight for you and I to have the
freedom to express our beliefs.
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None can know the horrors they have� seen and lived through.
I pray for all our military and their families. I will always honor
and stand behind them.�
They are each and every one to me a hero.
God Bless you all and your precious families.
May you come home safely to be once again
with those you love.
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I was e mailed this by a friend
I had to put it here..
It is 18,000 men preparing for war
in a training camp at Camp Dodge in Iowa
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Some Quotes I Really Like
This country will remain the land of the free,
So long as it is the Home of the Brave.
Elmer Davis
I think that there is one office higher than president
And I would call that Patriot
Gary Hart
You cannot separate peace from freedom
Because no one can be at peace without freedom
Inspirational Quotes
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
- John Wooden
Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.
- Robert K. Green leaf
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
- Marilyn Vos Savant
Conscience is God's presence in man.
- Emanuel Swedenborg
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not let what you can't do interfere with what you can do.
- John Wooden
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.
- Robert Fulghum
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The Saddest Thing I've Ever Seen
11/30/08 08:46:53 | 2 Comments
Hello,
�� Well I am getting along slowly but surely. Today I have chosen to start my blog with something very real.
Something that we don't think of every day.� But families out there live it all to often. I cried and my heart hurt when I saw this... so be prepared it is the saddest...
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sunriselynn
11/22/09
Oh!!! i missed saying~have a good w/end :-(
so here to Say~~~ Have a Good week ~Big hugzzzz
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11/21/09
Goodmorning, love your profile. Passing through with a little reminder that I have a gift for you to pickup at Tropical Dreams. Here is the link so you can go right to it. Please be sure that you right click and save to your PC so you won't loose your tag once I delete from photo bucket.
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Peace, Love and Blessings
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11/11/09
Every service person will be a veteran someday.
Hope you have a blessed day!
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11/10/09
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riorita
11/10/09
You too sweetie hugs Rita xxx
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