Marine mom, is a link to a poem she wrote in 2004 that has been beautifully illustrated and set to music by another Marine mom. You may have to copy and paste the link into your browser.
When you read the dedication at the end, you will see when I wrote this poem. Karl had just gotten to Iraq and was immediately and unexpectedly separated from his Unit...which included these 26 men who deployed to Iraq with him, the ones killed in the helicopter crash. Had Karl not been immediately needed elsewhere, he very likely would have been on that helicopter. When I heard about the crash on the news, it was so awful and I knew it was going to be devastating to Karl. I knew his grief would be agonizing, but I also knew once he said his goodbyes, he would put his grief aside, and in honor of those men he would do what Marines do...carry on with his mission. As most of you know, writing has been great therapy for me, and this particular poem came to me that very day, so I know God put the words in my heart and gave them to me to share. Some of you have already read this poem, but Julie has so beautifully illustrated, and truly captured and preserved the inspiration for it. I hope it will touch you the way she intended.
http://www.pcsuccess.us/yrg/farewell.html
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nothing personal, just I need someone else to break that up into sentences for me before I reply misunderstanding it
