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Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. September 13 - 14, 2003
9-13-04 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

Posted on 09/12/2004 10:48:23 PM PDT by JustAmy




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'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
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To: JustAmy; tuliptree76; Victoria Delsoul; Jen
Here's bunches of pictures of helicopters from my happy li'l basecamp in the Land of Bos...

An SFOR Blackhawk takes off in the morning fog


A Blackhawk sits on the helipad outside of my basecamp, 3rd ID and 48th Infantry patches visible on the FOB Connor sign


Another Blackhawk, with the mountain mist behind it


The 3rd Infantry Divison (Mech) Commander's personal Blackhawk... he really didn't even know it was gone :)

41 posted on 09/13/2004 5:49:46 PM PDT by Terabitten (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It... In Memory of 9/11/01)
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To: OESY
Smells are much more difficult to pass along, yet they can trigger stronger, more intense, memories. Smells can make you stop dead in your tracks, searching for the memory, looking around for the sound and image, maybe making you cringe a bit until a breeze wafts away the odor and you wonder what it was, what strange piece of shrapnel just tumbled through your thoughts. Sometimes I wake at night thinking it was the sound of thunder that sat me up, thinking it was the howitzer flash of lightning that popped my eyes open.

OESY.... I got a little misty reading this. The first time I stood at the edge of a mass grave, it took me days to stop smelling it. Even now sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with that smell hanging on me. It doesn't matter how much you wash, you can't ever really get rid of it.

A wise man, my father, told me once not to even try to get rid of the ghosts. The best you can do is to simply make peace with them. They'll never be your friends, but you can learn to accept them as your companions.

42 posted on 09/13/2004 5:55:38 PM PDT by Terabitten (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It... In Memory of 9/11/01)
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To: The Mayor; OESY

Great helicopters for Helicopter Day.

Thank you.


43 posted on 09/13/2004 5:59:32 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: Tragically Single

Wonderful pictures!!! Thank you, TS.


44 posted on 09/13/2004 6:02:27 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: JustAmy

Anytime. I exist only to serve :)


45 posted on 09/13/2004 6:03:03 PM PDT by Terabitten (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of All Who Threaten It... In Memory of 9/11/01)
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To: Tragically Single

((((( Hugs, TS )))))

Thank you for your service.


46 posted on 09/13/2004 6:05:40 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: al_possum39

It isn't a competition, Al.

Everyone has talent. We celebrate it together. It is the binding that brings the strength.

Join in. Celebrate with us.

Try not to yawn when I start on one of my boring tributes to myself.


47 posted on 09/13/2004 6:06:56 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Okay! I've relented and updated my about page. It's disgustingly mercenary now. Make me rich.)
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To: JustAmy
You're welcome, but the real thanks go to guys like OESY, my Dad, and most of all, to those who didn't get to come home. Those are the real heroes in my book.

I didn't write this, but here it is.

What is a Veteran?

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.

Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity.

Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem.

You can't tell a vet just by looking.

What is a veteran?

He is the cop on the beat who spent a year in Iraq sweating two gallons a day making sure the Bradleys didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the drill instructor who has never seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into soldiers, and teaching them to watch each other's backs. He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - palsied now and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

48 posted on 09/13/2004 6:19:21 PM PDT by Terabitten (Live as a bastion of freedom and democracy in the midst of the heart of darkness.)
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To: Tragically Single

Wonderful ..... thank you for posting that!!!

For so many years we have taken the veteran for granted; I am happy that they are finally being recognized for their service to this great country.


49 posted on 09/13/2004 6:25:52 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: tuliptree76; JustAmy; The Mayor; PreviouslyA-Lurker; Jen; MistyCA; All
Happy Peanut Day, everybody! Hope you all had a great day.


50 posted on 09/13/2004 6:29:46 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's testimony before the Senate was instrumental to America's defeat in the Vietnam War)
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To: Tragically Single

Love the pics, TS. How are ya? Long time no see.


51 posted on 09/13/2004 6:33:07 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's testimony before the Senate was instrumental to America's defeat in the Vietnam War)
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To: Victoria Delsoul
LOL

That's cute.



Happy Peanut Day, Victoria.

52 posted on 09/13/2004 6:35:07 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Nice to see you Victoria!


53 posted on 09/13/2004 6:38:46 PM PDT by The Mayor ("A life lived for God will count for eternity.")
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To: JustAmy

Hahaha, same to you, Amy. I saw the picnic photos - you look great and Marissa is so adorable.

I bet she likes school.


54 posted on 09/13/2004 6:40:55 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's testimony before the Senate was instrumental to America's defeat in the Vietnam War)
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To: The Mayor

Nice to see you too, Mayor. :-)


55 posted on 09/13/2004 6:41:53 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's testimony before the Senate was instrumental to America's defeat in the Vietnam War)
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To: Tragically Single

Thanks for the pictures, TS!


56 posted on 09/13/2004 6:52:44 PM PDT by tuliptree76
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To: Victoria Delsoul
Yes .... Marissa really likes school.

She had a BIG weekend with the Friday Rally and the Saturday picnic. She did not want to wake up this morning. I wake her at 6:00 but this morning she wanted to go back to sleep.

So guess what ...... she crawled in bed at 5:30 and went to sleep. (without dinner or a bath) I wonder if she will sleep all night or if I should take a nap now while she is sleeping. :)
57 posted on 09/13/2004 6:57:18 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Hi Victoria! I had a good day. I hope you did too!


58 posted on 09/13/2004 6:57:40 PM PDT by tuliptree76
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To: All; Jen; NicknamedBob; Conspiracy Guy; PreviouslyA-Lurker; Kudsman; Alberta's Child; Diver Dave; ..


Happy Peanut Day!!!

59 posted on 09/13/2004 7:02:17 PM PDT by JustAmy (9-11-01 ..... We Will Not Forget!!!)
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To: JustAmy
LOL!!! That's so great. Well, she has personality.

Hmmm, she reminds me of someone. :-)

60 posted on 09/13/2004 7:03:23 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (Kerry's testimony before the Senate was instrumental to America's defeat in the Vietnam War)
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