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12-09-2011, 10:45 AM | #1 |
Jada + Bogie = ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Mayberry AKA smalltown usa
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| Too Moving not to share.... I received this in an email and wanted to share... > A good time to remember this, possibly again: We have every opportunity to have a Merry Christmas because of.... > TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, > HE LIVED ALL ALONE, > > IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF > > PLASTER AND STONE. > I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY. THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING, SILENT, ALONE, CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME. THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE, THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER, NOT HOW I PICTURED A UNITED STATES SOLDIER. WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? CURLED UP ON A PONCHO, THE FLOOR FOR A BED? I REALIZED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT, OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT. SOON ROUND THE WORLD, THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY, AND GROWN-UPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS, LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE. I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY LAY ALONE, ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME. THE VERY THOUGHT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE, I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY. THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE, 'SANTA DON'T CRY, THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE; I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, I DON'T ASK FOR MORE, MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS.' THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP, I COULDN'T CONTROL IT, I CONTINUED TO WEEP. I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS, SO SILENT AND STILL AND WE BOTH SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHT'S CHILL. I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT, THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR SO WILLING TO FIGHT. THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER, WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE, WHISPERED, 'CARRY ON SANTA, IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE.' ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH, AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT. 'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,! AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT.' This poem was written by a Marine. The following is his request. I think it is reasonable..... 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,women, and Canadian Forces 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. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed
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12-09-2011, 10:55 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: South Florida
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| very touching!!
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12-09-2011, 11:03 AM | #3 |
♥ Bella's Mommy ♥ Donating YT Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Little Rock
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| I love this. I heard it spoken (it had background music with it) on the radio last year on my way to my father-in-laws funeral (he was a veteran) Brought me to tears Thank you for posting it.
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12-09-2011, 11:50 AM | #4 |
Ultimate Banner! Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: US
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| Gave me goosebumps. Very moving.
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12-09-2011, 11:53 AM | #5 |
Owned by a Gremlin Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: The Mitten State!
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| This is read on a local radio station every year and I literally have to pull over each time I hear it. So moving...God bless those who are sacrificing their Christmas to protect us. You are heros, and may God bless you and your family.
__________________ Taryn Momma to Gizmo AKA Monkeyman My husband, daughter, son, and dog make me who I am "My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am." |
12-09-2011, 12:07 PM | #6 |
Hook Em! Bevo & Mack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas
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| Thx for sharing. My young 22 year old cousin was killed recently fighting for our freedom..... I hope everyone can say a prayer for our soldiers.
__________________ Kendra Bevo and Mack & grandpups Bryleigh and Jaxon |
12-09-2011, 12:08 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toluca Lake, CA
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| Wonderful sentiment. Thank you for sharing this and a special THANK YOU to all the Servicemen and women.
__________________ CarolynBuster Brown "The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything." |
12-09-2011, 07:02 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA
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| My career Air Force son is home for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the first time in 6 years. We are enjoying every minute knowing he will be gone when the New Year comes. While he is home all he can think about are his "buddies" who are not home. Gives us a whole new understanding of their commitment!
__________________ . Cali , and Cali's keeper and staff, Jay No, not a "mini" Yorkie - She loves to motor in her Mini Cooper car |
12-10-2011, 12:46 AM | #9 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Missouri
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| Very emotional especially since my husband will be deploying soon! Please remember all the military men and women! |
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