Dec

Keep Them Safe in the Best Corner of Your Hearts…

Posted by: Wordsmith @ 12:36 am in Personal

Visited 489 times, 3 so far today

During this Christmas Day and this Holiday Season, while we are warm and safe at home with good cheer, food, friends and family, let us not forget those who are spending their Christmas Season away from home. Away from family…

Sgt. Raymond Golden of Charleston, S.C. and headed to Afghanistan sits near a Christmas tree above the atrium at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, one day before the Thanksgiving holiday in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2007.
REUTERS/Tami Chappell

….so that we may be with ours. So that our country may stay safe. So that the world may know peace and justice.

And let us not forget those we have lost along the way, in the fight to keep us safe and free…

Let us remember and express gratitude to those who will never again embrace their families and friends in this life, but in the next one…

An ornament is covered with fresh snow in Section 60, where the majority of those killed in Iraq are buried, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
Win McNamee - Getty Images

Flowers adorn the grave of Army specialist Ross Andrew McGinnis, in Arlington National Cemetery. McGinnis was killed Dec. 4, 2006, after throwing himself on a grenade which had been tossed into his vehicle. For his actions, which saved the lives of four infantrymen, McGinnis was awarded the Silver Star. McGinnis has also been nominated for the Medal of Honor.
Mandel Ngan - AFP/Getty Images

And on that somber note…
.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Print This Post

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 at 12:36 am and is filed under Personal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.