“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you”, that would suffice.”
Meister Eckhart

(I usually agree with that…but when it comes to those who defend our freedom…it just doesn’t seem enough.)

Thank you all,
Love,
M*A

Posted without comment from me…but if you don’t know much about the Berlin wall…. you might want to read this.

I found this at  American Digest who found it at  Little Miss Attila.  Gerard says,

“Again I ask, “Where do we get such men and women?” And now I add, “Why have we saddled them with a President whose most notable achievement is to find whole new frontiers in dithering?”

Exactly.

The Warrior Song Website is HERE.  It’s  available on iTunes and proceeds go to Armed Forces Relief Trust

Love,
Mom

[Contributed for Valour-IT by the most excellent Cox and Forkum]

For those of you not familiar with this annual Soldiers’ Angels event…an explanation from Blackfive.

“Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss* (Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss’ father), provides voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse.”

*(That would be Major Ziegenfuss now.)

The competition begins!  The first year I signed up I was torn…which team to back (all in fun of course, since Valour-IT supports all branches of our military). And then…I had a DUH moment. I have two blogs…nearly identical…but two nevertheless.  SO…since Dad was WWII Army Amphibian (the Army’s Navy as he explained it) … DH was Navy… friends Army…problem solved. Mom blog will join the Army team and Here, There and Back Again blog will join Navy.

I’ve met Soldiers this program has helped. You can help. You can make a difference. I don’t even care which team you go through…just do it…you’ll be glad you did.  Just click on the logo. 

Love,
Mom

*  Family…past and present

*  Friends

*  The color blue

*  Love

*  To have that all in one place

Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Cleveland, Ohio

Love,
Mom
XOX

*  My beautiful daughter

*  Our wonderful photographer

*  The photograph I wanted

Love,
Mom

This is your day.

Love you forever,
Mom
X O X

This Week’s Post Was Suggested By Cindy

1st Sgt. Jose San Nicolas Crisostomo
59 years old from Spanaway, Washington
August 18, 2009

You can read Sgt. Crisostomo’s story here and here.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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