I spent 2 tours in Iraq from 2010 – 2011 and 2017 -2018. I unfortunately didn’t get to see them when they were over there. Worked 12 – 15 hour days 7 days a week on average. Some where much longer. I think the hardest part is coming back home sometimes. I want to have a special shout out to all my brother’s and sisters who have held that line and for those who never came home and those still fighting. God Bless you all…
The wind blows briskly across the pasture
Trees swaying to and fro
A night made to avoid disaster
The moon above brings and enlightened glow
A chill in the air felt to the bone
Wrapping its self all around
A white cover over the trees has been sewn
As a new fallen snow covers the world
Prompt Courtesy of : https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2019/03/01/march-writing-prompts-2/
Hello all and welcome to 2019. For once I can actually say I’m looking forward to the year ahead. After this past year which started in a tent in the Northern part of Iraq, to the nowhere area of Louisiana and finally ended at home in Wisconsin with my family. This year ahead is filled with firsts and exciting milestones. To start this year out with a bang, I’m proud to say I will become a Grandpa for the first time. My beautiful wife and I are so excited for our daughter and her husband who will be welcoming their first child. At this time, we know it will be a boy, but still no idea on the name. How is that for a way to start out the year. The following month, my wife and I will be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary. Such a huge milestone for us after all we’ve gone through over the years. Come this summer, we will be celebrating daughter number 3 and her graduation from High School. Such an accomplishment for her. She has been homeschooled since 1st grade and decided to go back to for her senior year. It has been an interesting ride for her, but she has ridden it out in her own style. Come the end of summer in the month of September I will be celebrating my 50th birthday, I still can’t believe it myself. I personally don’t feel much older than 35. Then to end the year comes a day I have been looking forward to. On the last day of the year I will be officially retiring from the United States Army. It has been a long winding road through this part of my life. It is a little unnerving to be entering a new stage in my life, but I look forward to slowing down a bit. In the middle of all these events, my beautiful wife will continue to be working towards finishing her College Degree. My youngest daughter will be continuing her journey through 5th grade going into 6th grade while possibly being the only child left in our home. As I said this year is going to be a year I look forward to. So again Happy New Year and may the year ahead be full of new experiences and be positive adventures.
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Within a moment in time
Feeling the miles that separate us
Fleeting pictures of you in my mind
Wishing for the time to go by
The thought of your touch
A dream of your kiss
Looking upon the face of my angel
Your voice calling out my name in passion
So many images run through my head
As I wrap myself on this cold winter night
Dreaming the dream that is my one true love
To be back in your arms
For the rest of our days
All these thoughts of you run through my soul
As I sit here under a blanket, soft and warm, with the faintest hint of her perfume
Swirling in my head.
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Prompt Courtesy of: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/12/01/december-writing-prompts-2/
Looking back on a childhood so long ago
I think back to my neighborhood where I did roam
A group of friends we were all the same age
We were a group of eight young boys
Times were much simpler back then
There were no cellphones or digital cameras that tracked our lives
No exciting video games and only 4 or 5 channels on the boob tube
Our neighborhood was our play land
Playing games like football in the mud and flashlight tag at night
Buying fireworks through the mail and the good kinds to boot
So many things we did, we were limited by our imagination alone
Running through the yards late into the night
Playing games like fake fight
Swimming in an old Recycle Pond
Going sledding in the dark well past one
It seemed those days would never end
But time has a way to change even those so close
High School came and we moved apart
Moving different places
Becoming parts of different groups
I miss those days, I miss those friends
But those memories are something I hold close
Oh those years ago when life was simple and friends were everything
I still talk to a few of my old mates
Some I haven’t seen since we officially became men
Now we all have families and such
But a bond built over those many summers and winters long ago
A life so simple but so yet so full of fun
Picture Credit: My Middle School Yearbook
Like angels in heaven
Playing a tune meant for creation
Upon the winds it sweeps so pleasant
A Heavenly narration
It surrounds you in joy
Making a picture of beauty
A song made just for you to enjoy
It can’t help but take away the gloomy
The call of nature is irrefutable
For its sounds are purely magically musical
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Prompt Courtesy of: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/11/01/november-writing-prompts/
Upon the forest deep
Where the mountain becomes steep
A place where few attempts to go
Nature puts on its show
Trees so thick all around
You can barely hear a sound
Sunlight hidden away
When the wind blows all the trees together sway
Animals lurk upon the silent landscape
The darkness below cannot escape
Until that time the winds do change
A chill in the air does hang
Snow begins to fill its sight
Turning it all a woodland white.
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Writing Prompt: https://puttingmyfeetinthedirt.com/2018/09/01/september-writing-prompts-2/
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.
Looking into your eyes
Finding myself mesmerized
Feeling a warmth between us grow
Scanning your face I memorize
Each little bit that I look upon
I see the one I love
Then as you look back at me
I see your lips begin to curl
A smile comes upon your face
Bringing me to heights I race to climb
My heart races, my pulse rises
A smile that shows me your soul
A joy inside that was missing for to long
I smile inside and outside from head to toe.
Originally posted 20 OCT 16. For my lovely wife, my love for you knows no bounds, and no ending.
When I was a kid winter was a magical time of the year
Sledding, building forts, snow angels and so much more
A time to look forward to Christmas time and vacation
Looking forward to watching the snow fall
Heading outside to play till I was frozen to the bone
As I grew, the magic was replaced by just having fun
Snowball fights, skeetching behind the bus, and so much more
Getting our driver’s license and learning what fun it could be
Doing donuts in the snow, slide turns with the emergency brake
Going on ski trips, sledding until all hours in the dark
Adulthood hit and things began to change
The winter time was more of a pain
Driving to work, digging out the drive way and so much more
Yes there was times of fun
Playing with the kids, building snowmen and a few other things
What do I look forward to in winter now a days
I look forward to the first day of spring and the warmth it brings.
A Soldier's Walk 