[AZamericonnie]

Thanks to Sandrat for the thread idea!

[ConorMacNessa]

MY FALLEN BROTHERS

THERE UPON THE FORGOTTEN BATTLEFIELDS
WHERE THE DENSE JUNGLE NOW GROWS,
AND THERE ARE NO MARKERS TO EVEN SHOW
THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF MY FALLEN BROTHERS
NOR THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE MADE BY SO MANY OTHERS.

THOUGH ITS BEEN SOME THIRTY ODD YEARS
MY MEMORIES AND NEVER-ENDING DREAMS,
CONTINUE TO FLOOD MY HEART WITH PAIN-FILLED TEARS.
THERE UPON MY CHEST THEY REST, THE PURPLE HEART
AND MEDALS THEY AWARDED ME,
BUT I WOULD GLADLY TRADE THEM ALL
IF ONLY GOD WOULD ALLOW ME TO ERASE
JUST ONE NAME THERE UPON THAT BLACK MEMORIAL WALL.

NOW LIKE A WOUNDED WARRIOR ALL ALONE
AND STILL ON PATROL, I CONTINUE TO WATCH
AND WAIT FOR MY FALLEN BROTHERS TO FINALLY
COME MARCHING HOME!

William F. Miller

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Seadog Bytes]

Thank you!

[The Mayor]

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June 25, 2009

Chimp Eden

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READ: Numbers 14:1-10

If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us. —Numbers 14:8

Eugene Cussons rescues chimpanzees. Orphaned by those in the business of bush-meat trade and taken from the jungle as infants, many have lived their entire lives confined in a space smaller than a prison cell. When Cussons arrives to take them to the game reserve he calls “Chimp Eden,” he often finds them hostile and untrusting.

“These chimps don’t realize that I am one of the good guys,” Cussons says. When he tries to put them into a smaller crate for the trip to their new home, they put up quite a fight. “They don’t know that I’m going to take them back to Chimp Eden and give them a life so much better.”

On a much grander scale, God’s offer to liberate us from the slavery of sin is often met with resistance. When He rescued the children of Israel from Egypt, God took them through difficult places that caused them to doubt His good intentions. “Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” they cried (Num. 14:3).

On our journey of faith, there are times when the “freedom” of sin that we left behind is more appealing than the restrictions of faith that lie ahead. We must trust the protective boundaries found in God’s Word as the only way to get to the place of ultimate freedom.

Sin’s lure may look like freedom
But in its grip we’re bound;
It’s when we’re bound to Jesus
Real freedom will be found. —D. De Haan

Obedience to God is the key to freedom.
Bible in One Year: Job 3-4; Acts 7:44-60

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Connie!

*HUGS*

Nice to see you - great thread!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[SandRat]

Watermelon and homemade peach ice cream in a hand crank ice cream maker.

[21twelve]

Sneaking out my bedroom window in my pajamas to play kick-the-can with the older kids when I was supposed to be asleep!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for today's Share Your Summertime Memories

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Connie, Hugs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

2LT Rebecca USA (Daughter of U S Army EOD)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
AbnSarge USA
Allegra
Brett USN (CindyDawg)
Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee)
Cannoneer No. 4
CAPT Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline)
CAPT Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou)
Chris USA (amom)
Chuck USA (RightOnline)
COL Mike (gpapa)
CMS USA
ConorMacNessa USN USMC
David USAF (LUV W)
Defender2
Deven USA (Shimmer)
Ethan USMC (georgiabelle)
Fred (DocRock)
GulfWar1Vet USA
IS2 Brianne USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
IS2 Heather USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
Jade Falcon USN
JemiansTerror USA (Jemian)
Jet Jaguar USAF
Joel (NEMDF)
Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal)
Josh USN (doug from upland)
Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter)
Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Kevin USMC (skimask)
Kevin and David USA (vigilante2)
Laurita USA
LCPL Carter USMC
Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
LT David (Coldwater Creek)
M1911A1 USMC (M0sby)
M1Tanker
Major joma89 USAF
MEG33's Navy Grandson
Michael USAR (RightOnline)
Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak)
Milo828 USA (mystery-ak)
Nate USN (sneakers)
Old Sarge USA
OneLoyalAmerican USCG
PFC Alan USA (brother-in-law Stonewall Jackson)
PFC Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo)
PFC Jake USMC (son of Enough_Deceit)
Pvt Alex USA (son of Enough_Deceit)
Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad)
Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke)
SGT Brian USA (repubmom)
SGT Dusty USA (MountainDad)
SGT Ev USA (Mozie)
SGT Gray USA (colorcountry’s son)
SGT Sean Reed (preed)
Son USCG (GodBlessUSA)
SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge)
SPC William Akin USA (BlueLancer)
SSG Dustin USA (SIL of U S Army EOD)
SSG Mitchel USA (tina07)
SSG Spencer USA (grame)
SSGT Don May Jr USMC (debm29palms)
SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear)
Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
The Sailor
tongue-tied USN/USA
Tonkin USN/USCG
txradioguy USA
Valerie USAF (Shimmer)
Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline)
William USA (jackv)

 

[mylife]

I definatly vote "peach" home made ice cream

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Arrowhead1952]

I remember working in the fields with 100+ temps, picking cotton (Do I get reps for that?), corn, working with cattle, sheep, hogs, picking the garden, etc.

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Connie!
Good evening, all!

Summers were mostly spent on our block with our friends. There were lots of kids of all ages on our block (and on all the others) back then. Open hydrants and sprinklers. Wiffleball or handball in the street (not a busy one) or softball in the schoolyard (we could climb the fence).

There were trips to Brighton Beach (which required switching trains by the aquarium -- you had to go down one flight of stairs and then up TWO).

Later there was Happy Day Camp (with a smiley face logo) with board games and trips to the Sunset Park pool and bunches of other places.

[luvie]

MY CHILDHOOD SUMMER MEMORIES:

l) Lying in the grass watching the clouds float past...and
seeing wonderful things in them. Horses, dogs, mountains....

2) Having a cherry popcicle from the ice-cream boy who was on
a bike riding through the neighborhood.

3) Running through the sprinkler as mom watered the grass.

4) Going swimming and staying all day and not worrying about
my (ugh) freckles.

5) Tying a string to a big green June bug and letting him
fly round and round.

6) Playing hide and seek at night and not worrying about
having to come in early.

7) Going for two weeks to my grandparents’ home out in the
country and not wearing a pair of shoes the whole time except
to church. Coming home brown and fit.

8) Watermelon, home-made ice cream, hot dogs, huge dill pickles, snow cones.

9) Going to the creek with my grandmother and fishing
with a cane pole and worms. EEK!

10) Vacation Bible School

11) Going to the park for a picnic...or just having our
lunch sammiches on a quilt pallet in the back yard under a
tree.

12) Going to bed late and getting up late.

13) Making a tent out of said quilt in the back yard, making plans to sleep out and then wanting to come in when
it was late and we’d read all the new comics and told all
the ghost stories.

14) NO SCHOOL!

[Dust in the Wind]

When I was young the watermelon parties at the end of wheat harvest were a treasure with cousins.
Those same cousins and I would in our 20’s meet in a nearby dry playa where we could spend the hot nights drinking our favorite cool offs and watching the stars with absolutely no people lights on the horizon. Great times and great rockin memories. Watching the Peleides meteor showers to Yes or ELO or ??? 8^)

Thanks for the memory trigger here Connie and Sandrat

[DejaJude]

Boating, camping, fishing and skiing on a lake with all the aunts, uncles and cousins for a week. We also lived just a few blocks from a river and park, so we were there until dark almost every night. I grew up in Modesto, CA (think American Graffiti) and we always had the canals to play in also.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, AZ, Kathy.

My fondest summer memories are somewhat collective, rather than individual — simply the travels my father took us too. We saw much of the country. Dad’s motto: See America first. He was definitely a fun guy.