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July 5, 2009 on 2:32 am | In Family | 13 Comments

Happy 4th of July. Happy Independence Day!

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A salute to all those serving.

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Dad the teacher and protector

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the weather was not too hot

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A circle is a good place to play

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a visit day

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The heck it did!

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What the heck is that?

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1. that’s pretty awesome!!! thanks guys

   Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 5, 2009 #

2. Our Pleasure!

   It was D’s idea!

   Comment by Administrator — July 5, 2009 #

3. well it made my day it sure did. only thing i can say is thanks. with every bit of the meaning of the word.

   Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 5, 2009 #

4. Just for an update… we rode around playing patriotic songs. danes have a better since of humor then brits. lol but it was fun. danes actually get into it too they are good people lol. then i got a package from ner. big thanks to the kids for drawings, thanks to ner for air fresheners and water balloons (they will come in handy this week) and i’m pretty sure it’s jim, his dad, or both, thanks for the prayer. it’s an airborne prayer by an airborne soldier. much appreciation to all.

   Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 5, 2009 #

5. Well Ner and Maizie did most of the work on that sign. And everyone loved sending out the message.

   You got a fan club. The 3X World Tour Groupies!

   I remember one time in a club in Norway, one Marine brought a guitar. The place was crawling with Brits and Norwegians. Our favorite song was “The Battle of New Orleans”.

   Which reminded me of a story … a Brit and an American soldier were touring a museum in the UK. There was a tattered American flag on the wall. The Brit pointed to it with pride and said, “That is the flag we captured on Bunker Hill, and we still have the flag.”

   The American said, “Nice, we still have the hill”.

   Comment by Administrator — July 5, 2009 #

6. Had lil downtime and i got to writing… figured i’d post it. Just a lil randomness i guess.

   a man walked into a bar one day
   sat next to another guy
   holdin his hand up he ordered
   his martini dry

   as he reached up for his glass
   he started to complain
   about the bruise and cut on his hand
   and how much it was in pain

   he told this guy he hit his hand
   getting into his car
   it’s ugly and it hurts and he even bets
   its gonna leave him with a lil scar

   the guy beside said he could relate
   as he’s bumped his hand before too
   but when he bumped his hand
   it was a little different then you

   he bumped it as he was reaching for
   a can of ammo while under attack
   it left a scar and it hurt a bit
   but he was happy to be back

   he reached up for his whisky and
   martini man saw the scar on his hand
   he started to think about that day
   and he just couldn’t understand

   that bump that seemed so important
   that it took place in conversation that night
   when this guy beside him
   had been in unimaginable fights

   so he bought this man he didn’t know
   another whiskey to drink
   the guy said thanks i needed that
   he replied no thanks for making me think

   sometimes there’s little things
   that seem so big to us
   that we let it overcome the importance
   and it causes such a fuss

   remember now when you sit down
   how your day has been pretty ruff
   compared to the guy beside you
   it may not have been that tuff

   Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 5, 2009 #

7. As usual I appreciate your writing. Donna Uetz, another of our 3 directors of v4asa did the numbers.

   1.3 per cent of the population of the US are on active duty.

   13.something are veterans of the military.

   It is truely a small club.

   We need family and friends, even they will not really understand live in the military.

   Comment by Administrator — July 5, 2009 #

8. Thank you so much for making the poster. It meant the world to him. And it meant the world to me. So thank you from the bottom of my heart.

   Comment by d — July 5, 2009 #

9. We love that you loved it.

   We are just a tad embarassed that we never though of it.

   Comment by Administrator — July 5, 2009 #

10. get used to it… lol this woman thinks of things like that all the time where you’re like…. oh ya duh… ;) hahaha. now she’s part of the family it’ll happen alot.

    Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 6, 2009 #

11. We missed Dawn too! We look forward to the day when you’ll both be able to be here!

    Comment by Ner — July 6, 2009 #

12. just wanna say i know y’all don’t know so that’s why i’m sayin. i been on here and i think i’ve looked at these pictures about a million times. i downloaded them all but i still come here and go down and up and down reading the lil text and re-reading. this post really has… well i don’t know the word for it but i guess i just sayin it’s important and it’s one of my favorites. it’s got pretty much lil bit of everyone. it’s pretty awesome.

    Comment by Gr@yM@n — July 8, 2009 #

13. We are glad you like it. I do understand why buddy.

    Comment by Administrator — July 8, 2009 #

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