Posted on 08/19/2005 6:46:31 AM PDT by Billie
Our thanks always for building this haven, dear friend Billie...
I was going to post that great picture of you with Wolfie that used to be on your Profile page, with you in a smashing red gown, but you removed it??
Anyway, folks, here is our lovely inside and out Billie - -
I love this place.
Note to self:
Remember to come here every day.
LOL! The gown *is* smashing, isn't it? Actually I don't think I've ever had it on my page, but it's still on wolfie's page - also with the lovely lori in a white gown on his other arm. :)
It looked like motivational therapy to me: Eye-candy that kept stragglers from falling behind the front lines. LOL!
Look! It's Luv again - she's so fashionable - already changed clothes for the day and it's not even noon yet.
You can appreciate, too, the tremendous pride I felt at the honor of carrying the American Flag out front of eight full companies participating in the Dedication Ceremony of that Iwo Jima Monument in 1952!!
Absolutely loved your brother's descriptions of REALITY! - LOLOLOL..:))
To us, it is indeed hallowed ground at Parris Island.
In 2002 we took our then 16 year old grandson (who was in JRROTC) to see a Company graduate, getting their emblems and at THAT moment able to be called and use the title "Marine!"
I do not exaggerate when I say from the moment I got out of the car at the Gate to obtain a Visitor's Permit, I literally was transforned to the girl I was there in 1952, stride and carriage and all.
Nor am I making it up that Kyle (well conditioned and in a weightlifting class at school) was BEGGING me the rest of the day to "Slow down, Grandmama!!" dragging, and unable to keep up with this strange new person...:))
While the Lima Company Captain was up in the reviewing stand watching their practice for the afternoon ceremony with parents present, I went up to talk with him.
Corps spirit is awesome, as you know and saw, with respect for every Marine fore and aft in The Chain, and he kindly chatted with me for a full twenty minutes, returning salutes of passersby to him and not breaking stride in his attentiveness.
Going back there in 1997 with our older son, we went out to the Rifle Range where some platoons were coming in from firing. One was stopped on the other side from the parking lot where we were, watching, and the Drill Instructor loped over to the car and spoke to Steve, at the wheel, and my husband next to him.
"SIR! Is there a recruit you are here to see that I might send over to talk with you?"
Steve: "No, thank you, our Marine is my mother in the back seat."
In half the blink of an eye, freema, the DI was in a full ATTENTION brace,
shouting very loudly, "OUTSTANDING!! "
Nothing equals the feelings and passions of a Marine, as you know.
I am one with your father and uncle and brother and son, and carry them in my heart.
Good morning, Mr. Owl. Thank you. I love red. :)
I'm so glad you love this place. :) Would you like us to give you a ping when we post the new threads?
We have to be careful how we compliment each other. LOL
Here is that awesome picture of our Mama_Bear (Lori)
and Wolfie and our Billie in Red:
Agggggggghhhhhh. I fell for it. Pronto is dead....ROTFLOL.He sure is.
I did too Nan. From my chiropractor (who is BTW a pal of ("The Arnold")
I call him my Woofie Toofums..:))
I see you recognized the "specialness" of my little Sistah, Maggie. Just be careful how you praise her. She tends to get big headed real easy. Mama used to tell me to "hold her back" as much as I could, else she will go off the deep end.
loverly conservative Ladies.. and the key word is LADIES
BTW, in case you missed them, Wed. and Thurs. threads contain lots of pictures of some of our regular Finest family. You will find those threads in the table at the top of today's thread.
I still get goose bumps when you relate that story, Sistah. Hope you are having a good day. I should be working. I'm procrastinating.
Here's a cup for you.
Oops, that's Tues. and Wed. threads. JohnHuang2 will not be pleased with me. Or maybe he will be as I'm directing you to his column. Of course it's a winner too.
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