This is from a (married) girlfriend who has a deep love for our military.
I don't know that there are words that can describe what is being felt here [in the photo posted at #125].I believe it goes beyond words, it stirs my soul. There are a group of young men that live in one house here in town.
There are 5 of them, all single, all handsome and all Marines.
I stopped by one day because there was a bumper sticker on one of the trucks that is always parked there, and I wanted to find one for myself. When I knocked on the door, it opened wide and there stood a young man with a Marine flag draped on the wall behind him. A HUGE flag! Before I inquired about the sticker, I thanked each of them for what they are doing and shook their hands. A love story.
Well... to make a long story short, I now take cookies over to "my boys" and chat with them if they are outside when I am driving past on my way home. I "adopted" 5 boys that day and I am so proud to be a surrogate mom of not just a single Marine, but of 5 Marines! So....... this picture speaks to me in ways I cannot explain, I love it...
If I could, I would hug the older gentleman in this picture, and ask him to tell me a story. He seems like a living encyclopedia. His eyes, and the grip he has on the young mans shoulder.... it blesses me.