Someone pointed out this blog to me today http://combatarms.mu.nu/archives/057594.php and I thought it was a fabulous idea. So, if you're reading this, please write a letter of your own.
Dear Soldier,
I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your service on my behalf and on behalf of my family. It's easy for those of us safe at home to forget the sacrifices that have been made and are being made for us. But in reality we're warm and safe because brave men and women are willing to put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms and the freedoms of others.
I know that it's not easy for you to leave behind friends and family and go overseas to fight an enemy you'd really never known before. And it's not easy for the loved ones you leave behind. But remember that in the long run it's more than worth it. And I, for one, thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Oh, and if you're in my little brother's unit, please watch his back.
Thank you,
Handy
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Monday, December 06, 2004
Love at first sight
I was recently asked if I believe in love at first sight and I didn't know what to answer. I think most of us (at least the girls) grow up reading books and watching television shows and movies where a couple sees each other for the first time and something amazing happens. Then through the rest of the book or show they fight against fate and avoid seeing the obvious and what-not until, at the end, they realize they were made for each other and enjoy total bliss. And all the while you're thinking, "Someday that's going to be me."
As you get older and look at the world, you become more and more convinced that it doesn't happen like that in the real world. You look at your friends, relatives, and at complete strangers and you're just as positive that if you find love at all out there, it's probably not love at first sight. And only a lucky few find love at all. And the ones who think they've found love realize a year or two later that they were never really in love after all.
But I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Love at first sight? Hmmm.... Maybe overwhelming attraction, but probably not love. To me, love is something much more than that. It's friendship. It's attraction. It's a bond that can't truly be described, even to yourself. And more than that, love changes. It's not always the same. Sometimes it's so overwhelming it takes your breath away. Sometimes it's just a tingly feeling. Sometimes it's just comfortable and cozy. And sometimes it even feels a little suffocating. I guess, though, if love can be all those things that first attraction can be the beginning of love.
That begs the question of when it becomes love instead of attraction. Or, if you take another route there, instead of friendship. And I really don't know. I just know that one day you wake up and realize that love is the best word for this feeling you aren't even sure you had the day before. And it's a feeling you want to last forever. So when you meet a stranger on "Some Enchanted Evening" it may not be your true love, but it may very well be someone you can truly love, given time.
As you get older and look at the world, you become more and more convinced that it doesn't happen like that in the real world. You look at your friends, relatives, and at complete strangers and you're just as positive that if you find love at all out there, it's probably not love at first sight. And only a lucky few find love at all. And the ones who think they've found love realize a year or two later that they were never really in love after all.
But I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Love at first sight? Hmmm.... Maybe overwhelming attraction, but probably not love. To me, love is something much more than that. It's friendship. It's attraction. It's a bond that can't truly be described, even to yourself. And more than that, love changes. It's not always the same. Sometimes it's so overwhelming it takes your breath away. Sometimes it's just a tingly feeling. Sometimes it's just comfortable and cozy. And sometimes it even feels a little suffocating. I guess, though, if love can be all those things that first attraction can be the beginning of love.
That begs the question of when it becomes love instead of attraction. Or, if you take another route there, instead of friendship. And I really don't know. I just know that one day you wake up and realize that love is the best word for this feeling you aren't even sure you had the day before. And it's a feeling you want to last forever. So when you meet a stranger on "Some Enchanted Evening" it may not be your true love, but it may very well be someone you can truly love, given time.
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