Jane
Jane Elizabeth Lanham, her name arrived printed on muslin. So many feelings arrived with it. At first the tightness in the throat and sadness but then came the anger. It has been there all along and reading Jane’s name only intensified it. Another Christmas is here, I make my sugar cookies and fret over my lists. Why can’t Jane be doing this? I want to say that I do feel our soldiers deserve all the respect. But I do not believe in this war and I want it to end. I could go on but I will sit here and look at Jane’s name, now stitched on the muslin, and feel the ache in my heart. I am sorry.
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4 comments:
This too makes me angry and tears do fall. The Mother's Day Project has been going on for quite some time now. It should have been over long ago. More and more men, women and children are dying each day. It is heartbreaking.
(don't we wish and pray that there had never been a reason to have this project)
p.s. I do not want to imply that I do not support the men and women who are in the Armed Services. They have my utmost respect for all they give and have given.
I do respect our troops too, but I also think that this war is so wrong, it is sadly wrong.
that is such a cool project. i am still on the waiting list for that. i only pray i never get a name...sadly i think i will.
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