A FEW WORDS FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Loss

Remembrance

Fear

Betrayal

Misunderstanding

Destruction

Peace - born of War

Bombs

booby traps

Not afraid anymore.

P eace

T rust

   S orrow

 D eath

Life is not

simply drawing breath.

Living the "after"

is hard to do

Lost

Love

Me and you.

Oscar (US Army - World War I, Stateside)

Henry (US Army - WWI, France)

Robert  (US Army - WWII, China)

Harry (US Army Air Corps - WWII, Guam)

Michael (US Army, Present - Korea, Germany, Bosnia, Somalia)

Dustin (Former Marine/Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Iraq)

Jesse (US Air Force, present, Travis AFB, CA)

Michelle (US Coast Guard, present, CA)

Shannon (US Air Force, present, Mass.)

World War I

World War II

shells and cannon

Vietnam

Bosnia

Somalia

Korea

Afghanistan

Iraq, Volumes I and II

Scorched earth

Mangled Trees

Fight

Flight

Ill at ease.

Heartache

Parents

Broken limb

Injured brain

Never feeling

whole again.

Pride

Sadness

Hero

Heroine

Home,

and then,

Stone Gardens

Giving thanks

for those who

served on ships,

in tanks

khaki Army

Marching by,

the Air Force planes

the pilots fly

Marines

medics

nurses

all

pick them up

when they fall.

Solitude

Gratitude

Standing Tall

Remembering

each, in our own way ~

Prayers and

Praise

Memorial Day.

Christina 5/25/07 Rev. 5/26/07

Background Sound: Guiding Spirits, by Elan Michaels