tribute to our service men/women

[keeper 51 78]

This is a copy of an email sent to me by a friend and mother of a lad who serves in the armed forces

removing I.E.Ds in Afghanistan he is due out in about 6-8 weeks and i am sure we all hope for his safe return

below is the poem that i read with tears in my eyes remembering all of our service men that have been lost and

are still being lost

We all owe them a great deal please read on but get the tissues out

 

Her hair was up in a pony tail,

Her favourite dress tied with a bow.

Today was Daddy's Day at school,

And she couldn't wait to go.

 

But her mummy tried to tell her,

That she probably should stay home.

Why the kids might not understand,

If she went to school alone.

 

But she was not afraid;

She knew just what to say.

What to tell her classmates

Of why he wasn't there today.

 

But still her mother worried,

For her to face this day alone.

And that was why once again,

She tried to keep her daughter home.

 

But the little girl went to school

Eager to tell them all.

About a dad she never sees

A dad who never calls. There were daddies along the wall in back,

For everyone to meet.

Children squirming impatiently,

Anxious in their seats

 

One by one the teacher called

A student from the class.

To introduce their daddy,

As seconds slowly passed.

 

At last the teacher called her name,

Every child turned to stare.

Each of them was searching,

A man who wasn't there.

 

'Where's her daddy at?'

She heard a boy call out.

'She probably doesn't have one,'

Another student dared to shout.

 

And from somewhere near the back,

She heard a daddy say,

'Looks like another deadbeat dad,

Too busy to waste his day.'

 

The words did not offend her,

As she smiled up at her Mum.

And looked back at her teacher,

Who told her to go on.

And with hands behind her back,

Slowly she began to speak.

And out from the mouth of a child,

Came words incredibly unique.

 

'My Daddy couldn't be here,

Because he lives so far away.

But I know he wishes he could be,

Since this is such a special day.

 

And though you cannot meet him,

I wanted you to know.

All about my daddy,

And how much he loves me so.

 

He loved to tell me stories

He taught me to ride my bike.

He surprised me with pink roses,

And taught me to fly a kite.

 

We used to share fudge sundaes,

And ice cream in a cone.

And though you cannot see him.

I'm not standing here alone.

 

'Cause my daddy's always with me,

Even though we are apart

I know because he told me,

He'll forever be in my heart'

With that, her little hand reached up,

And lay across her chest.

Feeling her own heartbeat,

Beneath her favorite dress. And from somewhere here in the crowd of dads,

Her mother stood in tears.

Proudly watching her daughter,

Who was wise beyond her years.

 

For she stood up for the love

Of a man not in her life.

Doing what was best for her,

Doing what was right.

 

And when she dropped her hand back down,

Staring straight into the crowd.

She finished with a voice so soft,

But its message clear and loud.

 

'I love my daddy very much,

he's my shining star.

And if he could, he'd be here,

But heaven's just too far.

 

You see he is a British soldier

And died just this past year

When a roadside bomb hit his convoy

And taught Britons to fear.

But sometimes when I close my eyes,

it's like he never went away.'

And then she closed her eyes,

And saw him there that day.

 

And to her mothers amazement,

She witnessed with surprise.

A room full of daddies and children,

All starting to close their eyes.

 

Who knows what they saw before them,

Who knows what they felt inside.

Perhaps for merely a second,

They saw him at her side.

 

'I know you're with me Daddy,'

To the silence she called out.

And what happened next made believers,

Of those once filled with doubt.

 

Not one in that room could explain it,

For each of their eyes had been closed.

But there on the desk beside her,

Was a fragrant long-stemmed rose.

 

 

And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,

By the love of her shining star.

And given the gift of believing,

That heaven is never too far.

 

Send this to the people you'll never forget and

Remember to send it also to the person that sent It to you. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them.

 

If you don't send it to anyone, it means you're

in a hurry and that you've forgotten your friends.

 

Take the time...to live and love.

Until eternity. God bless!

 

makes you think doesn't it

 

admit it did it bring a tear to your eye and make you think how lucky you are

Edited April 21, 2011 by keeper 51

[lanesra 4,007]

Very Moving To Read , worse thing is its real , children losing there Dads every day in these wars where fighting , i personally dont agree with them but i support the troops 100% , most just run off the mill lads/girls like most of us , though have some balls to put there lives on the line day in day out .

[Kay 3,709]

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Sentimental claptrap

are sentimental claptrap and were proud of every bit of it

[scothunter 12,609]

Sentimental claptrap

are sentimental claptrap and were proud of every bit of it

In the immortal words of James May (top gear) cock

 

oh i think that james may fella sees plenty cock on a regular basis

[Tomm Parr 30]

Sentimental claptrap

are sentimental claptrap and were proud of every bit of it

In the immortal words of James May (top gear) cock

 

Sentimental maybe but it means a lot to someone. I don't agree with the war but I support the troops 100%.

It's bad form to take the piss about that.

[keeper 51 78]

Sentimental claptrap

i am not going to take the bait as your entitled to an opinion the same as all of us

the email was sent to me from a friend who i have known for over 30 yrs her son is now 25

and as i stated is due back home in the next 6-8 weeks returning to the western isles and i wish

both him and his family the very best of luck as i do to all our service men/women

 

bet you being a fu*king :wankerzo4: :wankerzo4: :wankerzo4: can guess what i wish you

[readie 184]

Sentimental claptrap

bollox you idiot,i spent yrs in the forces,in ireland,iraq etc,take it you didnt have the balls to do it.what was written means a lot to certain people. :notworthy:

[keeper 51 78]

Sentimental claptrap

bollox you idiot,i spent yrs in the forces,in ireland,iraq etc,take it you didnt have the balls to do it.what was written means a lot to certain people. :notworthy:

so what your telling me readie is you spent years where people didnt want you

What a lovely little boy you turned out to be bet your parents are proud :nea:

[readie 184]

Sentimental claptrap

bollox you idiot,i spent yrs in the forces,in ireland,iraq etc,take it you didnt have the balls to do it.what was written means a lot to certain people. :notworthy:

so what your telling me readie is you spent years where people didnt want you

maybe,maybe not,judging from your reply you would simply have ireland bombing each other killing innocent kids/mothers etc making out the ira are more than the cowards they show themselves to be.

[twobob 1,519]

just ignore de bog trottor,at the end of the day he's just a simple device to turn guiness into pxss,take my hat off to any one that's served/serves inthe armed forces

[blan89 159]

killing of innocent people should be mentioned here...

what % of British soldiers do you think intentionally target civilians?

what about terrorists?

[scothunter 12,609]

british soldiers are after killing civilians in afhganastan and other places..

 

as did your side on a major scale babies the lot glass houses spring to mind

big diffrence in a stray tommahawk or stray bullet hitting a civillian than delibetary targeting shoppers in a high street.

Edited April 23, 2011 by scothunter

[Buch 145]

British soldiers dont target civilians. It would be counter productive at the least. Lets put it this way. The only people who still want conflict in ireland are the same people who have something to gain from the fighting, be it smuggling, drugs, armed robbery what ever. They cant do this if the police are there so they try to kill police and soldiers calling it Republicanism. The same people fighting now are the same people who blew up a street full inoccent people in Omagh, the same people who f*****g shat there pants and cried like f*****g kids when a mob of "there own people" (ie other Catholics) came after them. Cowards the lot.

My mate was shot by one of the cowards, unarmed, when he was getting a pizza, the night before he flew to afgan. Garantee he wouldnt have just stood toe to toe with him.

 

Its all about money to these people and unfortunatly theyve managed to brainwash people like you into thinking its something else. Congratulations your a fool.

[mossyh07 64]

Ignorance is bliss.