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Heaven was a Little Brighter Last Night

As Family and Friends welcomed their Loved One home.

One shooting Star towards the heavens and Stars Dancing in the sky

Another Star in the sky watching over all that he Loves and Left Behind

But have no fear for he knows one day

He…

Minutes, Hours, Days

Minutes seems like hours

Hours seems like days

Days seems like fleeting moments in time.

So many precious moments pass thru a persons mind

The memories of good times

Yet I still wonder as He lays there

Is he remembering his time as a Soldier or

The precious times he spent with Family

I really pray it's not the struggles endured

All medical advisors say it could be ,

minutes, hours or a couple days

We all…

The Rock

So many in this world are known to be the rock in peoples lives.

Always there when times seem to be unbearable and hard to deal with alone.

Some rocks will be lucky and find another rock willing to help carry some of the load.

Other times they have to shoulder the load alone.

If you are a rock you will eventually crash and burn.

If you were lucky enough to have a rock to give you some support you count your blessings.

Because when everything is…

Have You Forgotten

Have you forgotten about me

And all those with me and those after us

Few knew us except for those we called Brothers

Some of us came to be in the name of Freedom

Those who followed us fought to keep that Freedom

Have you forgotten that we were the ones who never returned

Never got that last chance to say we love our Country,

We all fought under our Free and Flying Flag that we love

We fought so our…