Memorial Day 2011

When I was younger I looked forward to long weekends at the river with the family. BBQing it up and enjoying some time on the water in the sun. Now as life has changed & I've grown up and been put in a completely different environment that being a Military Spouse. Memorial Day isn't just another BBQ get out of work free for the day holiday.
Memorial Day allows us to honor our service men and woman whom have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Now they may not have chosen to die but they knew going in to serve The United States of America that it might happen. We honor then every day in everything we do, but today is set aside to completely & 100% focus on them.

God Bless our military men and women! Thank you for sacrificing so much so that we can all be safe in our beds at night and for protecting our freedom.....we will never forget! ♥ As well as remember this Memorial Day when you're gettin' your grill on, smiling and laughing that in another house somewhere there is an empty chair where a hero should be sitting. They gave up their life so that you can sit with your family. So take a moment to think about those heroes who did not make it home and those who are still serving around the world. I have been so blessed to have my hero return home to me from his first deployment and as we near the end of our second I can't help but say an extra prayer every night in hopes that the time will go by fast and he will return safely back in to my loving arms. There is never a time were you sit back and think oh he will be ok its almost over, because you know what you just never know.



I thank God for opening my eyes to a new walk of life, that when I was younger I may not have paid much attention to. Thank you to my husband my hero for allowing me to be apart of your life and stand by you and support you. You choose to put your life in danger so we "I" can live in Freedom & not have to look behind me as I go in the the grocery store.
I am so proud to call myself an army wife (not just any army wife but HIS wife).. remember what today stands for and never forget our fallen the ones who fought till the end.

I took a moment out of my day today to go and pay my respects to a fellow Wolfhound & friend who was lost during our first deployment. With a lei laid around the 2nd Brigade Memorial honoring the ones lost over the last few years during OIF and flags place around it you can't help but be touched by the love that the soldiers back here on the home front have for their fallen brothers. SPC Rundell was loved by everyone and touch many people with he life. We will always remember him and everything his life stood for. "Once a Wolfhound always a Wolfhound"

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY

Happy veterans day to all past and present troops never forgotten... A special happy veterans day to all our 1-27 and 25th ID.. Hooah "Nec Aspera Terrent"


‎"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter
words, but to live by them." -John F. Kennedy


A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom, All gave some, some gave all.

~ deployment: 2007-2009 ~




She packs. She moves. She follows. You may think she has lost her mind. But actually, she's lost her heart. It was stolen from her by a man. A man who puts duty first, who salutes the flag, and whose boots in the doorway remind her...that it takes one hell of a person to do what he does & she will forever stand by his side. Love my Soldier♥ Happy Veteran's Day to our nation's military-past & present.


Happy Veteran's Day to MY SOLDIER GABE!!!!! & to all those who have & are serving our country!!!!! I love you baby & could never be more proud of the man I married!!!!!!!!!!!
We stand on this land with freedom fought for us and yet many don't take the time to THANK the ones who fought for it. Take today to thank a Soldier for what they have done for all of us back in the good old US of A.

~ deployment: 2010-2011 ~





It breaks my heart to be away from the love of my life on days so important like today. Then I look back at what he is doing and he is fighting for freedom in the world. For me for him and for our families and everyone else to be able to sit at home with our windows open and door's unlocked and not a care in the world. Some people don't think twice about things and were it came from or how this world got to were it is today. BUT WHEN YOU DO, its all because of United States Military so thank a SERVICE MEMBER. We may live in the land of freedom BUT Freedom was NOT nor will it ever be free.


Over 43,000,000 have served in uniform during war time of those an estimated 1,194,000 + men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect and defend the concept of freedom granted to you in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. Take a minute and thank not only the ones who gave their life for this concept but also the ones that did and are currently serving to protect these ideas.

I Believe - A 9/11 Tribute

NO WORDS ARE NEEDED ...............

9/11

Have you Forgotten...................

..............I haven't.....freshman year high school 2nd period sitting in Coach Carols World History Class as the towers fell & the Pentagon was hit. Loving my Soldier who's fighting for our Freedom!!!


9/11-we will never forget! Remember those who we have lost, those who lived, & those who still still come together everyday to fight for our country! God Bless !!!!!!! I LOVE YOU SSG GABRIEL & Miss you more than ever!!!!!!!




“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “
- President George W. Bush, November 11, 2001