[Mama_Bear]

Thank you for posting that photo of your brother. You must be so proud of him! We still have patriots here in America. Your brother is one of them. :-)

Hugs to you!

[Diver Dave]

We still have patriots here in America...

Yep! And a lot of em reside here at FR.

Praying for Blessings and Protection for our Armed Forces.

[Borax Queen]

Yours are just the sweetest, sweetest words. I will print out the poem and save your words so I can read them over and over. I am truly grateful.

He was a Marine even in my mom's belly, kicking and pounding and anxiously waiting to go protect our country :)
He used to build forts in the Presidio (SF) as soon as he was old enough to walk over there.
He served on the front lines in Persian Gulf I, helped liberate the Kuwait Airport, was injured in Somalia, has been to so many other places too.

The wonderful thing - in my opinion - is that now I have not only you beautiful folks, but it seems like there are more patriotic people in general. SO many here have yellow ribbons on their cars, like I've never seen before. During the first Persian Gulf War, yellow ribbons were a little hard to come by.