Posted on 09/23/2007 7:34:07 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA
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HALL OF FAME #19 THE WEEKEND THREAD T.G.I.F. at the Finest |
Every Thursday at the Finest |
Loved your stories about this, deb! Indeed a small world to find one of our FReepers was a neighbor of one of our heroes we read about here!
Just wowed by ALL of your beautiful posts...every day, every one.
Awww..(blush) Thank you! Thank you for giving me the tools to learn how.
We drove 8 hours Saturday, spent very good quality time with everyone that night, spent the whole day with everyone Sunday before and after the Service. Then we decided to drive home last night at 8PM, and arrived back home at 3AM. This gives us the day today to do what needs to be done.
I got to sleep by 4 AM and was awake at 10, enough sleep to get me through the day. So much to do with so little time. : )
I have a million memories of the Popaditch’s kindness.
When my casualty officer came to my house the first time it was to tell me that Don was MIA. It took 48 hours for them to change his status to KIA. Mariah’s 7th birthday was 2 later. April had a birthday party for Mariah at her house. Really, April is one of those angels here on Earth that you hear about every once in a long while :)
Glad you had good family time..Take care of yourself!
Your presentation is elegant and befitting our Great Nation and our Greatest, Finest Troops, MEG. As always, you give it the right touch: beautiful.
Most of all, you include the families in those who sacrifice. How true, as evidenced by the story of the widow above and the family members we know on FR, such as yourself.
Although I do not have a family member serving, a very close of mine’s husband is newly deployed with Navy in OIF. She and her children are finding what this means, and living it.
Diver Dave, I also enjoy looking through all the military FReepers’ photos and noted you and your brother there!!!
As well as Dolly and The Mayor...
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Some people know just what is needed and then do it..Truly they are “angels”.
I know it has been a long hard road for Nick..I thank God he has had such a woman as April to stand with him.
I know we picked the right man for our poster hero.
Lovely words..Thank you, Dita.
Yoohoo, hope you’re okay - is your computer still very sick? :(
(((((((debm29palms))))))))))
Glad you got the ‘50’ Billie... thought we had brokedid the thread...;^)
Jayceeeeee.....??!!!
Where ya bee...?!
He became quite a poster boy here at FR before you arrived. THe guys would post pix of Belly Girl & we had Cigar Guy.
Here is the Memorial Day thread that I did featuring Nick & April. Poor april never did figure out how to sign in & post. We did our correspondence via email. I dont think it was beyond her intelligence, just a time factor.
So glad to see you had a great time in DC at the Walter Reed FReep, GOE & then the presidents breakfast on Monday. A full weekend of wonderful people, good causes & lifetime memories. I so wanted to be there but alas, it was not to be.
:)
Love the thread. How can anyone NOT be inspired by Nick and his outlook on life????
April is just beautiful....inside and out.
Nice to see that everyone was being so kind and supportive here :)
HUGS
I just re read the thread also Deb.. brought tears to my eyes as a few have died including our dear Maggie (ladyx).
I posted an update on Nick & April at the Finest about 6 months ago.. he is doing well in school & they seem very happy.
U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) man the rails as the ship arrives in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 24, 2007. While visiting Vladivostok, Lassen will participate in Pacific Eagle, a bilateral exercise with the Russian Federated Navy.
DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chantel M. Clayton, U.S. Navy. (Released)
Two F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Nine Five break the sound barrier during an air power demonstration for friends and family of U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Sept. 23, 2007. The ship brought more than 2,200 guests aboard for a daylong Friends and Family Day cruise.
DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jimmy C. Pan, U.S. Navy. (Released)
U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Rico Macaraeg, attached to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), patrols the waters around the ship while pierside in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Sept. 22, 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment in a dozen countries.
DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steven King, U.S. Navy. (Released)
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