Today I took my mom shopping in town and I saw an SUV with the words "pray for my daddy in Iraq" I looked at the plates and they were from Oklahoma.

I waited for them to get out of the vehicle to tell them that I will pray for their daddy. A woman with two fantastic beautiful little girls age about 3 and 2 got out with their mom. The girls almost looked like twins. I helped them get into the store and get a buggy and I said is your daddy in Iraq? The oldest girl said oh yea my daddy went over there to fight the bad guys.

At that point I was holding back tears. I told her that her daddy must be a very brave man. And she gave me the biggest smile and said he sure is.

I looked up at the mom and she saw me fighting back tears. I asked the little girl if I could give her a hug that her daddy told me to give her. She came right over and held those little arms around me so tight.

She said do you know my daddy, I said yes I do know your daddy very well. ...

READ IT. Damn! Just damn!

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 25, 2006 at 11:27 AM in Bill Faith, Caring about our troops, Soldiers' Angels, The American Warrior | Permalink

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