WOW, this is a powerful photo. I assume she is receiving the flag because of the loss of a loved one in the service of our country? An important reminder to us all, thank you for posting it. Thanks to all the veterans for their service and sacrifice!
(Not necessary to publish) Marcia, I'm so sorry your family was touched directly with a loss. This celebration was certainly highly moving. Very sad for your mother. You asked if our family lose someone, my great grandfathers partipated to WWI, they came back alive but very shocked about what they've seen. Grandfathers were at WW2, and my father had not the perfect age to participate to the following colonial ones (Indochine or Algerie), my father in law was in Algerie during 2 years of his youth ! None of them were engaged voluntarily, they just have been called because of their age.
I remember that day all too well.Mom looks so young. Whatever happened to all the pics everyone took at the funeral home of us siblings? I never have seen themhat was my first time ever in Texas. Love you, sis!
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
17 comments:
Very nicely done.
Nice picture for Veteran's Day :)
I am so grateful. Wonderful reminder.
Yes Marcia!
Let's be always thanksful for their total commitment to preserve us.
Is it your son on the left?
Beautifully pictured/said. A magical WW to you!
WOW, this is a powerful photo. I assume she is receiving the flag because of the loss of a loved one in the service of our country? An important reminder to us all, thank you for posting it. Thanks to all the veterans for their service and sacrifice!
Check out my WW post at:
http://beingchronicallyillisapill.blogspot.com/2008/11/wordless-wednesday-falls-last-hurrah.html
Happy WW!
Maureen
As they say, "One picture is worth a thousand words."
I wonder how many of this kind of photograph have been taken over the years. Too many.
Oh...what a wonderful choice!!
Happy WW!
This is really a wonderful picture.. very powerful
Happy WW!!
What an apt choice for the day .
Thanks for your visit and comment.
Thats awesome! Thank you to all the veterans!
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Thank You very much.
(Not necessary to publish)
Marcia, I'm so sorry your family was touched directly with a loss.
This celebration was certainly highly moving. Very sad for your mother.
You asked if our family lose someone, my great grandfathers partipated to WWI, they came back alive but very shocked about what they've seen.
Grandfathers were at WW2, and my father had not the perfect age to participate to the following colonial ones (Indochine or Algerie), my father in law was in Algerie during 2 years of his youth !
None of them were engaged voluntarily, they just have been called because of their age.
Sometimes saying nothing says everything..
thought provoking..We all have our veteran stories that inspire, and make us grateful for those who serve..
Great pic.
Much thanks to all our Veteran's and their families for supporting. God bless you.
Thank you ever so much for sharing it... A moving picture... and a perfect sentiment. We owe so much to those few who paid for so many.
I remember that day all too well.Mom looks so young. Whatever happened to all the pics everyone took at the funeral home of us siblings? I never have seen themhat was my first time ever in Texas.
Love you, sis!
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