whitewidow

Story of the day.................


This was sent to me and I found it too touching not to share

A MILITARY DAUGHTER - A BEAUTIFUL STORY

Last week I was in Trenton, Ontario. attending a conference. While I was in the
airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and
cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest act's of
patriotism I have ever seen.

Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's, as they began
heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet
with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of
them, being applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the
only red blooded Canadian who still loves this country and supports our troops
and their families.

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes
who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school,
work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service
men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the
male soldiers. He kneeled down and said "hi," the little girl then she asked
him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did
she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of
this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on
the cheek.

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told
the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal and had been in Afghanistan
for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much her daughter, Courtney,
missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily
single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled
together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a
military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking
back and forth on it. After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier
walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your
daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this little girl that
he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying "your
daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming
home very soon."

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier
stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6
feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave,
heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there
applauding and looked around, their were very few dry eyes, including my own.
That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a
kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank
God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an
Canadian.

Hope everyone had a great Monday (If there even is such a thing)

Kisses