Love this song. I’m here giving ISIS a little Red, White and Blue welcome….
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Happy Thanksgiving
What am I thankful for on this Thanksgiving:
1. My Lord and Savior
2. My loving supportive wife
3. My 4 beautiful daughters
4. My 2 handsome son-in-laws
5. My Mother, who is always there for her family with a heart of gold
6. My Father and Step Mother, who show my wife and children so much love
7. My Sister who I miss dearly each and every day
8. My Big Brother, you will always be that to me.
9. My Nieces and Nephews who have grown up so well
10. My other brother(and my nephew who is so full of life and wonder) and sister (and her wonderful husband) who I see to little of.
11. My In-laws who have always giving us support and been there for us and our children when needed. Always giving such words and of encouragement and love.
12. My friends who I may not always agree with, but they will always be my friends first.
13. My Army Buddies, it is a rare breed which we are, but even though we see each other so little, so close we still are.
14. Being able to still do the job I love, serving the country I love and has given me so much.
15. I am thankful for so much more and more, I could go on forever.
16. May your Thanksgiving be full of the blessings from our Lord above. Count your blessings, you may find more than you realize.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL……
Random Quote of Mine
The other night I was texting with my lovely beautiful wife and she asked me if I was bored. I am currently staying in a room that I would say is heat challenged. So my reply to her was;
“Pretty much! Shivering in the cold only keeps you entertained for so long”
I was bundled up in warm clothes under the covers in my bed. Got to love the Army. I have had to deal with worse. Sleeping in a tent in Korea in the middle of winter. Being in the middle of the Iraq desert in the middle of winter and growing up in Wisconsin, I have had to deal with cold weather. I’m currently in Louisiana and you would figure it might be a little warmer. NOT! Hope you all have a warm and wonderful day.
Failure
A life full of promise
A life wasted away
Full of endless failures
Broken promises strewn along the way
Days and months and years away from home
Missing holidays, birthdays and so many special days
A heart breaks because I have gone a separate way
Chasing a chance that slowly slips away
Not thinking of the destruction I have left in my wake
Failure chases me day after day
Why do I keep going down these lonely trails
Reaching for something, to no avail
Thinking of the future
While throwing away the present
Leaving tears, and a broken heart of the one I love
When will I learn to be content
Instead of living a life barren of
What I’ve Been Up To
Hello all my Blogger friends out there. Just wanted to let you all know what has been going on with myself. Well I’m not sick or anything like that. I have made that large change in my life. This journey over the past month has taken me to South Carolina and now to Fort Polk in Louisiana for now. Next month my journey will take me even farther away from my family for an extended amount of time. Once I can get myself settled in I will be back amongst you my friends. Please pray for my family during this time we are apart. Thank you for your time and understanding.
#TuesdayTunes – Toby Keith “American Soldier”
Today I begin my new journey and path in my life. I am going back into the Active Army to finish out my career. I don’t know all were this will take me, but I am ready to give it a go. Being older than most of the people I will be serving with should be interesting. I have enjoyed my last 10 years in the National Guard and have made many friends, but now I have a greater task and purpose in my life. Please pray for my family as we will be apart for some time. I am an American Soldier….
Sorry……
Pain Pain Pain
Is all I ever give you
Sadness Sadness Sadness
Is all I ever put into your life
All I have ever done is bring tears to your eyes
Depression, Despair and Defeat
What I have only provided from my actions
Taking a stake to your heart
Is what I have done since the start
Why do you put up with me still
Bringing you sadness and tears
Fulfilling all your fears
All I can say is taking steps forward are scary
When there is so much to be weary
But to you I make this vow
No matter where I go or where I am
I take you with me wherever I go
Always today, tomorrow and forever
What a Difference a Year Makes
What a difference a year makes
Just twelve short months ago we were as far apart as the earth and the moon
Both hidden inside ourselves
Ready for it all to end
A love we thought built to last
A union of two coming to past
Miracles we soon learned do exist
At a bottom, our relationship did almost land
But two hearts were taken in hand
A hand of God placed upon us
Light of the world shown into our lives
Rising out of that dark place we had settled
Day by day we learned to love one another
A truer more deeper love than we had known before
Doubts were always on the horizon, challenges still lay in our path
Fighting for what we had begun so many years ago had just begun
Good days and bad, we made it through
Now ahead lays the biggest challenge we will face
Just know that my heart burns only for you
You are my love, my life, my one true bright shining star
Just twelve short months ago, I know it would have ended in ruins
But know now my heart and soul rests with you and yours with me
Wherever I go, here my heart will be
A future of brightness we have ahead
Adventures and journeys together we shall share
Know my love for you knows no bounds
No height, no depth will keep me from being around
For what a difference a year makes between us
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Hello Out There It’s Me!
Just an update for everyone out there in Bloggerland. I haven’t really had much chance to write much and when I do my brain has been going on overdrive. I am in the midst of a huge change in my life which I am both excited about and a bit scared about. The where I will be going is mostly figured out, just a lot of unknown still ahead. I ask prayer for my way ahead for not only myself, but my family. I won’t say too much about what it is right now, but I will give a hint that the name of my blog is a good give away. Hopefully my brain will settle down and let me get back to writing. I tried the other day and it felt like my head was going to explode. I hope to try to catch up on reading many of your blogs soon. Of course on top of this all I have been working long hours in my current position due to the bad weather that has hampered our state over the past week. I hope for the best for all of you out there. I pray for safety and health for you all. Stay in touch and I hope to reenter this family of bloggers soon.
#TuesdayTunes – Queensryche “Eyes of a Stranger”
Saw Queensryche back in 1992 at the Cow Palace in San Jose. It was their Operation Mindcrime tour and it was incredible. Geoff Tate has an incredible voice and they are an electric group in concert. I was about 6 feet from the stage and it was a packed house. When I was in Iraq in 2011 they were at my base doing a USO tour and I was excited about maybe getting the chance to see them again. Of course mission came first and I couldn’t go. Enjoy the amazing vocals and power of this song.
A Soldier's Walk 