Posted on 12/19/2011 9:47:10 AM PST by nuconvert
Marine Scott Wood died four weeks ago after suffering injuries during combat in Iraq. Before his burial, his wife dressed him in two uniforms. On the outside, Scott wore his military dress blues. Underneath, he wore the blue No. 80 jersey of Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson.
Sara Wood had been married to Scott for eight years. They have a five-year-old son together named Landon. Now he and Sara live in a single room in her parent's house.
"He knows daddy's in heaven," Sara said of Landon, "though I don't know if he fully comprehends what that means. He knows daddy's not coming back."
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
I can’t see the screen, God bless those who do this work.
Great story but some of the comments about the story are sickening.
You’re right. My screen IS blurry. God bless this little boy who talks to his Dad when he finishes praying.
Likewise, but ‘they’ did warn us.
Semper Fi Marine!, may you rest in peace knowing your sacrifice wasn’t completely forgotten.
It definitely will be a Merrier Christmas for the family and surely raises the hope that we, as a country, aren’t completely lost.
BTW you should read some of the nasty comments on this story when you hit the link...
Pathetic.
Merry Christmas to all.
I’d suggest that anyone that hits this thread go to this page which is linked in the yahoo piece:
While the Texans did a good thing here it was a samll thing. They have little or nothing to do with the house itself. That is being handled by the Bay Area Builders Association which is part of the Greater Houston Builders Association:
http://www.ghba.org/committees-and-councils/bay-area-builders-association.html
The yahoo article makes it seem like the Houston Texans football team gave the house. They did not!
I know some of the people who are driving this project in Alvin Texas and who have built numerous other houses for veterans and their families. I can tell you without any hesitation that they would care less about how badly the yahoo story is written.
The Greater Houston Builders Association and the Bay Area Builder Association should be applauded for what they are doing here and what they have done in the past. That is my view but the people I know that are doing the real work would look at this yahoo piece and shrug their shoulders. They really are not doing this for the recognition. In fact, some of the same people that will be building this house do a lot of other things for veterans that the public will never hear about. That is the American way and I know that these kinds of things go on all over the country.
If you want to get involved contact the folks involved. Or give to the Wounded Warrior Project. Many times one of our wounded heros sees their families at their bed side first then the Wounded Warriors second. They do an amazing job.
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/Default.aspx?tsid=66&campaignSource=CDRO&source=B100127
We can all help our veterans in some way. Please do so today. Especially in this season. Help a veteran.
The article says the home is provided by Operation Finally Home, not the football team.
Did the Texans organization make a donation of some kind to the builders - or did they just provide the place to make the presentation to her? The article does make it sound like they are giving the house to her. Shame on them if they are milking this for the plublicity, and shame on the reporter for not getting the facts straight.
Thanks nuconvert.
Like so many times around here the title of the article is way off. That is the fault of yahoo. My issue is that the article's title gives the impression that the Texans are giving her a house. They are not.
Maybe I'm a bit too sensitive because I know the people that are actually doing the work. I'm absolutely too sensitive because I have been involved in some of these projects and have seen politicians shove their way in and take credit where it is not due. Also some of the local "rich and famous" who give a couple of bucks then act like they really did something.
Overall, almost everyone that steps in to help a veteran does so with the right things in their hearts. I was involved in one project for a veteran with a brain injuury. It was several years ago and involved buying the veteran something for Christmas. We needed to raise $7,500. We had no idea what we were doing. We had never raised money before. The things that happened in the short month leading up to Christmas were, simply put, magical. The people that came out to help us were amazing. We raised so much money so fast we had to ask people to stop sending it. We ended up with more than twice what we set out to raise and gave all the extra money to the Wounded Warriors.
Nothing against you or even yahoo. I just want to make sure credit is given where credit is due...
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