Happy Holidays

**Silverfoot** · 22nd December 2006, 08:25 AM

I read this and realized I have neglected so many friends over the years. I procrastinate, saying "I will go by and see them next year", but never do.. Does not mean I don't think of you, just means I am finally being influenced by time and distance..

Sooooo, I will pass this little bit of information on and wish all of you a Wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

for those who don't like christmas, enjoy your time alone...

Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, and before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face, for life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well, as in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then, and now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game, tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, and distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away, "Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them.
Don't be afraid to express yourself.
Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
Because when you decide that it is the right time it just might be too late.

Seize the day. Never have regrets.

And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped
make you the person that you are today.

and something for those that put thier butts on the line for us

Quote:

The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my! child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drif ts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at
the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.

Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live throug h the cold and the b eing alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."

"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home! while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."

**Vepl** · 22nd December 2006, 08:36 AM

Well said.

*salutes all present and past service men and women*

Vepl

**Snugglebunny** · 22nd December 2006, 10:18 AM

Beautiful! Happy Holidays everyone & thank you everyone on UOF for making this a great community, my UO home

Rascal · 22nd December 2006, 10:49 AM

*wipes tear from eye* that was beautiful Sean thank's for sharing!

Happy holiday's to one and all, Ho ho ho to big and small!
Keep friends and family close and near and have yourself
a GREAT New Year!! :cheesy:

Sorry, I was inspired... *giggle* :grin:

22nd December 2006, 08:36 AM	#2
Vepl Forum Legend Join Date: Oct 2006 Shard: Lake Superior Posts: 3,638 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Happy Holidays Well said. salutes all present and past service men and women Vepl __________________ Another Quality Job by Atlas607 Member of K*S

22nd December 2006, 10:18 AM	#3
Snugglebunny ♥Yr Mangled Heart♥ Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders Posts: 8,476 Thanks: 127 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Re: Happy Holidays Beautiful! Happy Holidays everyone & thank you everyone on UOF for making this a great community, my UO home __________________ Sig courtsey of Nevaeh. He rawwwwks! AdamD: You made me cry tears of pink sadness and despair! "Two Minutes in Heaven is Better then One Minute in Heaven." I'm not wearing my business socks for nothing

22nd December 2006, 10:49 AM	#4
Rascal Madam of Mayhem Join Date: Sep 2006 Shard: Lake Austin Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Happy Holidays wipes tear from eye that was beautiful Sean thank's for sharing! Happy holiday's to one and all, Ho ho ho to big and small! Keep friends and family close and near and have yourself a GREAT New Year!! :cheesy: Sorry, I was inspired... giggle :grin: __________________

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