Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $12,863
15%  
Woo hoo!! And now less than $100 to reach 16%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: thosewhowait

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • MEMORIAL DAY--Thread Two--"My Daddy's Finally Home..."

    05/25/2004 2:07:42 PM PDT · by redrock · 91 replies · 4,220+ views
    5/21/2003 | redrock
    Her little face was scrunched up...as only a six year old can be when attempting to be a 'big girl' and not cry. Her normal reaction to the news that her daddy was finally home would be to run and jump into his arms and hug his neck with all the power her little arms could muster. She would smell the familiar 'Daddy Smell'....and bury her little tiny face into her daddy's neck...happy to be just holding her daddy once again. But this time...it was different. This time there would be no hugs... This time there would be no joy...
  • Find the Cost of Freedom;"He's finally home..."

    04/07/2003 5:43:41 PM PDT · by redrock · 15 replies · 232+ views
    Deseret Morning News ^ | April 7,2003 | Joe Bauman
    He's finally home: Soldier's remains arrive in Salt Lake By Joe Bauman Deseret News staff writer A hero came home Sunday night. Staff Sgt. James Cawley's casket was draped with an American flag and carried by an honor guard of four Marines and four Salt Lake police officers, representing the organizations he had served. Closely following the casket as they crossed the rotunda of the Salt Lake Airport's International Terminal were Cawley's widow, Miyuki, and their children, Cecil, 8, and Keiko, 6. About 60 family members and friends, plus more than a dozen police officers with black tape across their...