Elections and a Heart Warming Story.

The people of Iraq are exercising their new constitutional rights to elect their representation. A new word is on their lips today – Freedom.

They no longer live under the constant threat of persecution, death, and torture. They are a new nation, conceived under freedom’s name in a new era of life. The people turning out at the polls honor our fallen in their quest for that one word – freedom.

Our nation’s thought and prayers should be with our military and those fallen to give these people the freedom they have long deserved. Our prayers are for the safe return of those serving.

Their right to vote is something we as American’s take lightly. We go to the polls, or sometimes we don’t. It depends on the mood, weather, who is running, what is on the ballot. We sit in our homes reading papers, watching the news and thinking we need to change things. At times the turnout is large and at times it is small. But one fact remains, we are free to vote or not. Free to decided, free to choose.

Simply put - They did not have that freedom. Now they do.

A Mother’s Quest.

There is a story to touch your heart on 365 and a Wakeup. While on a mission November 23, Danjel, a Commander of A Co, 1-184 IN, 3ID serving in Southern Baghdad and his unit came across an Iraqi mother holding a small child with birth defects seeking any assistance possible. I found it moving and it speaks volumes for the depth of character of the men and women serving. Stop by and read it.

I want to thank CJ, A Soldier’s Perspective, for the lead in on my last post. I want to thank all stopping by, the comments and the e-mail. The positive response I received was wonderful. I did not expect it. Thank you. I am a bit sorry for the length of that post though. To say that it was a rant is putting it mildly. Thank you for reading through it.