HONORING OUR HEROES

I decided to create this page because of close ties to friends and relatives that have served in foreign wars. These people, and the soldiers that I don't know, deserve at least some respect, no matter how people feel of the war that they served in.

Soldier

It's the soldier,
not the reporter
who has given us freedom
of the press.
It's the solider,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom
of speech.
It's the soldier,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom
to demonstrate.
It's the soldier,
not the lawyer,
who has given us the right
to a fair trial.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag,
serves under the flag
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who gives the protester the right
to burn the flag.
-Author Unknown

Some People

Some people come into our lives
and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to understanding
with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky
more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for a while,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.

    A personal thanks to our friends, Joe and Gary, my grandfathers, Tom Chapman and Bill Reeves, and my family members on the Rector and Reeves, the Paytons', Evans', and Kerrigans' side for standing up for what they believed in. For this we are grateful.

 

© 1997 leanne@rootdigger.net

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