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Monday, May 29, 2006
This Memorial Day
Dear Solder, former soldier or family member,
On this Memorial Day weekend I wanted to take a minute to thank you. I've written two actual letters but I want to use this avenue here to reach out to a larger crowd and say thank you.
I never knew my grandfather. He was killed in WWII and my father never got over it. I make no claims to understanding what any of you go through but I have a small idea of the pain of loss.
And still people serve. And still people care enough about liberty and their country to volunteer to serve and take the risks that walk hand in hand with serving. Thank you.
To the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, sons, daughters etc. of those who choose to serve, I admire your strength and I say thank you. It's a difficult life made even more difficult when the one you love is sent away. For every birthday or special event you had to spend alone, I thank you and I wish there was something more I could do besides write letters, hang a flag and support you.
I am sorry that there are those in this country who would choose to defile your memories and your missions merely to further their own political agendas. No one likes war, no one likes the chance of going off to fight and possibly die in a foreign land. No one likes it but someone has to do it and you people do while the rest of us get to sit with our loved ones and friends and talk about war.
I wish I had the power to bring you all home, to end the conflict and let you get back to being the people you are that your families and friends love. I was watching the Vietnam veterans before at the Memorial and the tears ran freely for each and every person I saw there rubbing names off the wall. This is what Memorial Day is about and I wanted you to know I haven't forgotten.
I wish I had the power to make sure each and every one of you never wants for anything when your service is over. It sickens me to see soldiers return home and have to worry about adjusting to civilian life again as well as where the money is going to come from. May our politicians wake up and do the right thing by all of you.
It is an amazingly difficult and brave choice to join the service, to volunteer to serve and to put the country before one's own self or family. I watch it on TV and I cry every time. I have nothing but admiration and affection for all of you. Plus a deep sense of gratitude for what you do.
That's all I wanted to say. The words are inadequate but they are the best I can do. To the memory of my grandfather and to everyone who is or has been in some way connected to the US military I say thank you. I thank you, I appreciate you, I respect you, I support you, I honour your memories.
With love and affection,
Kittyn
"If you ever think of me,
think of all your liberties
and recall...
...............some gave all."
(please feel free to trackback to this, let's spread the word)
On this Memorial Day weekend I wanted to take a minute to thank you. I've written two actual letters but I want to use this avenue here to reach out to a larger crowd and say thank you.
I never knew my grandfather. He was killed in WWII and my father never got over it. I make no claims to understanding what any of you go through but I have a small idea of the pain of loss.
And still people serve. And still people care enough about liberty and their country to volunteer to serve and take the risks that walk hand in hand with serving. Thank you.
To the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, sons, daughters etc. of those who choose to serve, I admire your strength and I say thank you. It's a difficult life made even more difficult when the one you love is sent away. For every birthday or special event you had to spend alone, I thank you and I wish there was something more I could do besides write letters, hang a flag and support you.
I am sorry that there are those in this country who would choose to defile your memories and your missions merely to further their own political agendas. No one likes war, no one likes the chance of going off to fight and possibly die in a foreign land. No one likes it but someone has to do it and you people do while the rest of us get to sit with our loved ones and friends and talk about war.
I wish I had the power to bring you all home, to end the conflict and let you get back to being the people you are that your families and friends love. I was watching the Vietnam veterans before at the Memorial and the tears ran freely for each and every person I saw there rubbing names off the wall. This is what Memorial Day is about and I wanted you to know I haven't forgotten.
I wish I had the power to make sure each and every one of you never wants for anything when your service is over. It sickens me to see soldiers return home and have to worry about adjusting to civilian life again as well as where the money is going to come from. May our politicians wake up and do the right thing by all of you.
It is an amazingly difficult and brave choice to join the service, to volunteer to serve and to put the country before one's own self or family. I watch it on TV and I cry every time. I have nothing but admiration and affection for all of you. Plus a deep sense of gratitude for what you do.
That's all I wanted to say. The words are inadequate but they are the best I can do. To the memory of my grandfather and to everyone who is or has been in some way connected to the US military I say thank you. I thank you, I appreciate you, I respect you, I support you, I honour your memories.
With love and affection,
Kittyn
"If you ever think of me,
think of all your liberties
and recall...
...............some gave all."
(please feel free to trackback to this, let's spread the word)
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