Tribute to United States Marine Corps
You just might be the Parent of a U. S. Marine
by Kolette, proud mom of Cpl Brian Abell, 3/25 WPNS Co.
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If you
find yourself peaking around the corner before you turn down
your street checking that no military vehicles are parked in
your driveway and if you have nightmares about people
wearing royal blue pants with a red stripe ringing your
doorbell, ... you just might be the parent of a Marine
serving in a combat zone.
If you
put out your flag everyday and find yourself wanting to rip
the face off anyone who disrespects that symbol of our
freedom, ... you just might be the parent of a U. S. Marine.
If you
feel guilty for wishing your son would get 'injured just a
little bit' because that would mean he would be safe and
comfortable in a hospital for a few weeks, ... you might be
the parent of a deployed Marine.
If you
get really mad at the ignorant idiots who insist that all
this fighting is just not necessary and that the world would
be at peace if the US would just mind its own business, ...
you just might be the parent of a U. S. Marine whose life is
on the line to protect the freedoms that these thankless
bums take for granted.
If you negotiate with God every night before bed and the first thing every morning that if he will just bring your son or daughter home safe, you will do absolutely anything, ...then you are the parent of a Marine stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan. If you deliberately keep yourself very busy, every minute, every day for the sole purpose of distracting yourself from thinking that at that very moment someone, somewhere on the other side of the planet is shooting at your child, ... you just might have a Marine in a combat zone.
If your
shopping cart contains tuna fish, beef jerky, foot powder,
Chapstick, playing cards, disposable shavers, car magazines,
a pre-paid phone card and small children's toys, ... you
just might be the parent of a Marine who is spending a lot
of his time patrolling the streets of Iraq.
If your
son or daughter is halfway around the world fighting in 120
degree heat with 50 lbs of equipment on their back to
preserve our country's freedom while your neighbor's
smartass 20-year-old mouths off about our stupid military
and you find you have to restrain yourself from slapping the
crap out of him, ... you must be the parent of a U. S.
Marine.
If you
feel like an extraordinarily good mother because you know
that you would sell your very soul, right now, to buy just
one hug from your deployed Marine, ... know that you are
actually only the average Marine Mom.
If you
get calls at 3:00 am and barely recognize the voice of the
child you raised between his satellite-delayed comments and
then can't get back to sleep because you can't stop
analyzing every word he said and kicking yourself for
forgetting the things you tried to remember to ask, ... you
are the parent of a U. S. Marine who is far from home.
If you
have memories of a tough, but precious little boy with a
dirt-smeared face who idolized He-Man, always had a 'sword'
in his belt, and a plastic knife in his boot and later
played hockey or football (and definitely paintball) and now
has a very pretty girlfriend, ... you just might have raised
a U. S. Marine.
If you
are someone who hasn't penned a hand-written letter since
the day email was invented, but now cranks them out daily,
... you just might be the parent of an active duty U. S.
Marine.
If your
vehicle displays a yellow ribbon AND a red, white and blue
ribbon, a USMC magnet, a blue star, a "Marine Mom" license
plate holder and an American flag sticker,
Semper Fi and OohRah!
Virginia
Cano PMM of Cpl Christina Labriel, USMC
PMM of
LCpl. Stephen Sabedra, USMC
PMM of Sgt. Winston Labriel, USMC-Deployed-Safely Returned
and future Marine Nia Labriel - Devil Pup
www.DFWMarineCorpsFamilies.com
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