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The daughter of a Soldier

 

Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia attending a conference. While I was

in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning

to clap and cheer.  I immediately turned around and witnessed one

of the greatest act's of patriotism I have ever seen.  Moving thru

the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's, as they began heading

to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet

with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the

soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for it hit

me. I'm not alone.  I'm not the only red blooded American who still

loves this country and supports our troops and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung

heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can

go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought

I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women

a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male

soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then

she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her.  The

young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he

would try and what did she want to give to her daddy.  Then suddenly

the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the

biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.  The

mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told

the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for

11 months now.  As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney,

missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.  When this

temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers

huddled together for a brief second.  Then one of the other servicemen

pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie.  They started playing

with the device and talking back and forth on it.  After about 10-15

seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over

to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your daddy

and he told me to give this to you."  He then hugged this little

girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished

by saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than

anything and he is coming home very soon."

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young

soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom.  I was

standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the

soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their

applause. As I stood there applauding and looked around, their were very

few dry eyes, including my own.  That young soldier in one last act

of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear

rolling down his cheek.

 

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and

thank God for them and their sacrifices.  At the end of the day, it's

good to be an American.

 

Red Friday

Just keeping you "in the loop" so you'll know what's going on

in case this takes off.

 

RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red

every Friday.  The reason? Americans who support our troops used to

be called the "silent majority".  We are no longer silent,

and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers.

 We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing.  We get no

liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our

message or our opinions.

Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize

that the vast majority of America supports our troops.  Our idea of

showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity

and respect starts this Friday -and continues each and every Friday until

the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that... " Every

red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something

red.

By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday

a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers.  If

every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances,

co-workers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is

covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once "silent"

majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media

lets on.

 

The first thing a soldier says when asked "What can we do to make

things better for you?" is..."We need your support and your prayers."

 

Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and

wear something red every Friday.

 

WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.

THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED---- SO WEAR RED! --- MAY GOD HELP AMERICA TO BECOME

ONE NATION, UNDER GOD.