Daughter of a Soldier.

From: Sandee Hockley> [mailto:sandyhockley@cozadtel.net] > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 1:15 PM> To: Teena Baack> Subject: Fw: Daughter of a Soldier

> > > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > 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 hom e 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 thi s 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,> boisterou s 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 y our pr ayers.> >> >Let's get the word out and lead with class and> dignity, by example; and > >wear something red every Friday.> >> >IF YOU AGREE -- THEN SEND THIS ON> >IF YOU COULD CARE LESS THEN HIT THE DELETE BUTTON> --- IT IS YOUR > >CHOICE. 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.

I got this from a friend of mine. She sent it me in hopes that word would get out. I say we should all wear red on Friday to support our troops. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND IT'S TROOPS WHO ARE NOT WITH US BECAUSE THEY ARE OFF TO WAR OR BECAUSE THEY DIED DEFENDING THIS NATION.

My Big Brother.

This poem I wrote is honor of my older half brother Jason John LaBelle who I love very much and I miss dearly. He was a brave soldier and a wonderful brother and son to all his family. I know he is watching all of us from Heaven where he smiles down on us everyday.

He fought for his country.
He loved his girlfriend and her family.
He loved his little brother Eli and his family.
He loved everything and everyone.

He enjoyed life.
He embraced life.
He valued it.
My big brother Jason held everyone's life above his own life.

He proved that when he entered the Military.
He also proved it on Tuesday August 26, 2003.
When he tried to save his girlfriend's family from a flash flood.
He lost his life to save them.

But unfortuanitly his girlfriend lost her sisters.
But he tried to save them.
Jason held everyone's life above his own.
He proved that everyday of his life.

I am so proud of him.
We all love him so much.
We all miss him.
We all think of you everyday.

Our hero Jason John LaBelle.

Arlington

Why does it take so many young men and women's lives to protect this land? I know there is only one place where every soldier should go regardless of anything is in Arlington National cemetary because they are all hero's in my eyes. There is a song by Tace Adkins called Arlington. It goes like this and I think it fits this very well.

I never thought that this is where I'd settle down,
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown,
They gave me this plot of land,
me and some other men,
for a job well done,
There's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road,
The man inside he cried the day they brought me home,
They folded up a flag and told my mom and dad,
we're proud of your son

[Chorus:]
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done,
I can rest in peace,
I'm one of the chosen ones,
I made it to Arlington

I remember daddy brought me here when I was eight,
We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay,
And when we finally found that cross,
He said, "son this is what it cost to keep us free" Now here I am,
A thousand stones away from him,
He recognized me on the first day I came in,
And it gave me a chill when he clicked his heels, and saluted me.

[Chorus:]
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property,
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company,
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done,
I can rest in peace,
I'm one of the chosen ones,
I made it to Arlington

And everytime I hear twenty-one guns,
I know they brought another hero home to us

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done,
We can rest in peace,
'cause we are the chosen ones,
We made it to arlington, yea dust to dust,
Don't cry for us, we made it to arlington

This song is sad and I got the lyrics from Azlyrics. This is exactly what I meant it is true what he said. Our young men and women's lives are what it takes to make us safe and I don't want anymore people to loose their lives. I am greatful for the ones who have lost their lives to give us what we have but I don't want anymore to loose their lives to keep it that way.

My feelings on the war at this moment.

There are too many young men and women getting killed out there for a reason no one supports anymore. I say that people should hold a huge protest, a peacefull one, all over the nation with everyone in it who doesn't support this war anymore. That would show President Bush just how much support the anti-war activists had compared to his group.

I would surely be on the other side because my husband's cousin is supposed to go over there and my husband himself has said he wanted to join the airforce and go over as well. Which I think is just to keep his cousin safe if you ask me. I know that bush ment well at first but the 911 attacks would never have happened if he had taken the threats seriously.

That is this girls opinion nothing more.

My Opinion

People seem to think that the worst war was Vietname well now there is another war just as bad. It is in our time and I think that when the president gets his head out of his butt and says that we aren’t there for "weapons of mass destruction" and say that we are there for "oil" only then it isn’t even fair. There is a song that I think will fit this war as it did for Vietnam. It is called "Where have all the flowers gone?" The lyrics are thus:

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

This is the song I was talking about. I think that this song should be given to Bush and told this is what is going to happen if he keeps up with this war. I say it never should have happened. They say that Sadam Husain helped in the terrist attacks well I say that it is Bush senior’s fault. He should have killed him when he had the chance. He had him in the scope of a sniper rifle when he gave the order to stand down. So it is really his fault so many of our loved ones are either dead due to the 9-11 or the war. My husband has a cousin going off to this stupid war and he’s worried he will end up like all the other soldiers so I say we stop this war now before any more of our young men get killed.

Parents shouldn’t have to bury their sons and daughters so early just because our president doesn’t want to admit why we are really in another country. All the other country’s are horrified with what we are doing. They can’t believe that we are there when we should have been taking care of our own. Bush cares more for this precious war then he ever did his own country. I mean what did he do when Katrina hit Louisiana? He did nothing to help the people until months after when he was losing popularity. Well here is some news Mr. President you are not popular anymore. You cheated your way into office. Your brother called for the recount in Florida and he fixed it for you. I bet if Gore had become president then we wouldn’t be in this war at all.

I say for our next president we make it a woman. I mean she can’t do any worse than our courrent president has. So I say let a woman have a chance to try. No one will ever need to worry. She might even make things better for us. I mean there isn’t anything worse than we already have.

Listen people of America...who do you want as president? You don’t want the fake George W. Bush Jr to be in office again. I say we let a woman in office. So people of America vote for the woman and see what she does. Compare what she does to Bush and see what happens. She can’t do worse than he did. She wouldn’t let us go off to a worthless war such as this. So that is what I have to say.