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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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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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10/06/11
I'm looking forward to Familt Thanks Giving on Monday
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10/06/11
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09/05/11
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08/29/11
sleepingbeauty777
07/14/11
Good morning! Believe it or not but we got rain here yesterday evening! Hugs!
saturnmauve
06/13/11
Hi Jan! Good Morning,, and best wishes for a JOY filled week.
Love n Hugs,, Sat
theophilos2
05/28/11
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saturnmauve
05/26/11
Jan .... that's happy news indeed , your son
is home! JOY to you doll, Love,, Sat
saturnmauve
05/20/11
Hello dear Morasco, What a joy to have a new
friend. Many blessings to you. Hugs,, Sat
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05/20/11
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moonspirit
05/01/11
Hello stoping in to say hi and enjoy your weekend
hugs
Moonspirit
Dearheart
12/19/10
Merry Christmas from my house to yours!
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