Michelle Malkin: Stop before you gripe

Washington Times ^ | November 24, 2007 | Michelle Malkin

[JohnHuang2]

Before you blow your top about the holiday hassle at the airport, the long lines at the grocery store, all the hours you'll spend cooking and cleaning, the uninvited guests who are crashing hubby's football party, and the endless Christmas shopping list that awaits, just stop.

Stop and think of the Johnson family. Army Spec. John Austin Johnson of El Paso, Texas, is recovering from massive head wounds sustained in an attack involving an improvised explosive device. Spec. Johnson is a member of Fort Bliss' 4-1 Cavalry. He had survived five previous bombing incidents. That is not all.

Earlier this month, Spec. Johnson and his wife, Mona Lisa, buried their 9-year-old son, Tyler Anthony Johnson. The little boy was on life support for several weeks after sustaining critical injuries in a horrible car accident. He was on his way with his family to see his dad in recuperation at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He never made it. The family car rolled over several times after it was hit by powerful blasts of wind. Tyler was laid to rest at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Benton, Ark. That is not all.

The Johnsons had two other children. Ashley Mishelle was 5 years old. Logan Wesley was 2. They were killed instantly in the same car crash that claimed their older brother's life. During the funeral service, the Benton Courier reported, the program included Ashley Mishelle's favorite song — Ashley Simpson's "Pieces of Me" — and Sarah McLachlan's haunting "In the Arms of an Angel." White doves were donated by a retired military officer.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Stop before you gripe, and anything else...

[Always Right]

We have become a nation of complainers, despite being the most blessed nation in history.

[Tainan]

Amen Sista.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

What a nightmare. God bless this family...

[martin_fierro]

More than 200 Patriot Guard Riders, the volunteer band of motorcycle enthusiasts who provide protection during military funerals, served as Tyler's pallbearers. The Patriot Guards traveled from Arkansas, Tennessee and Louisiana to attend. Anonymous donors provided the gravesites and markers for the children's plots. That is not all.

PGR Ping 

[Tanniker Smith]

Someone want to ping the Canteen folks?

[StarCMC]

Ping for the Canteen.

Must read and bring kleenex.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[StarCMC]

Ping for the Canteen.

Must read and bring kleenex.

[StarCMC]

Hiccup!

[StarCMC]

 

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[StarCMC]

Thanks mucho, Martin! :-)

[pctech]

Amen to that. But I got a small problem with M & M today. She is for the ouster of the current Australian PM John Howard. Can anyone tell me why? Howard has been a staunch supporter of the WOT and President Bush yet she asails him on her website.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

A tip of the hat to the people who go through more sh*t in one day than I do in a whole year. G*d bless our troops!

[Tanniker Smith]

Thanks for pinging everybody.

Puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

[roaddog727]

The general population has no clue as to what pain and sacrifice really is.

The preponderance of our country has become nothing more than a plethora of plump, pampered pultroons.

[delacoert]

The family car rolled over several times after it was hit by powerful blasts of wind. ???

[pandemoniumreigns]

Just damn...

I'm still so glad to see so much compassion and real help from so many people in this truly tragic story...

[HiJinx]

Don’t know the particulars, but it’s not hard to believe in Texas. All kinds of things will make you roll over - mostly, though, it’s over-correction in steering after something else happens.