MEMORIAL DAY brings back lots of memories--back to OUR days in the service of our country. Yes, I said OUR, and that was brought back so vividly yesterday.
Sunday, the day before Memorial day--Got up in the morning (a beautiful Nevada day, no wind) got ready, made sure my Memorial Day poppy was securely fastened to the zipper on my purse and went to church. We celebrated Trinity Sunday with a rousing version of Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty and ended the service with America the Beautiful.
Later that afternoon I was invited to a bar b q at Amanda's. Reality is about to strike. We had a great dinner with the American menu of Hot Dogs, hamburgers, chips and dips, potato salad, baked beans, corn on the cob
and 4 desserts as only Amanda can make them. there were about twelve of us there, all good friends, but something (or should I say someone) was missing.
James should have been there. He is Amanda's husband, and Brianna's daddy. James was deployed in January and has spent these past months on Okinawa. He should be coming home sometime in July and then he will probably be deployed to Afghanistan or some other choice spot. You see, James is a United States Marine. Yep, one of those guys who has devoted his life to seeing tha t we keep our freedom.
We were somewhere between dinner and dessert when we heard a funny noise. Brianna, age 2, heard it too and ran running to the lap top yelling DADDY, DADDY DADDY. It brought tears to my eyes, she was talking to her daddy via skype, showing him her latest dance, telling him she loved him, and saying Daddy come home. You see our servicemen aren't the only ones who serve our country, their families and their friends who wait at home also serve. I know how I felt when my husband of 2 months spent the next 18 months in Okinawa. We didn't have Skype then and a phone call on our first anniversary cost $12 a minute so let me say
THANK YOU TO JAMES AND ALL THE JAMES'S EVERYWHERE AND TO THEIR FAMILIES WHO STAY AT HOME AND WAIT AND WORRY. THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FALLEN HEROES. YOU ARE ALL HEROES TO ME AND BECAUSE OF YOU I CAN SAY MY PRAYERS AND SLEEP PEACEFULLY TONIGHT
GOD BLESS YOU EVERYONE
Monday, May 31, 2010
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