The Duncan Family: Happy Holidays

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays-
Clay, Vera, Avery, Abbey and I are heading to Cincinnati this week. We will be gone until the New Year! I will have limited access to the internet. I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you have a great New Year! I will have many pictures and great stories to tell when we return.
Love to all-
Nadia

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: you guys have fun and enjoy being spoiled. we'll anxiously wait the pictures.

by the way, just just saw vera for the first time yesterday. he's never home when i'm on your blog. anyway, his first comment was that she was cute. thought you'd enjoy that.; Tuesday, December 19, 2006

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Military Wife

I never wore the uniform, no medals on my chest.
The band, it doesn't play for me, I am not among “the Best.”
I do not march in cadence; I do not rate salute,
I stand among the silent ranks, our devotion absolute.
If you've not worn my shoes, you do not know my story.
I live a life of sacrifice, my reward a private glory.
I've wept many silent nights away,
and I've kept the home fires burning.
I've worried and I've waited, as world events were churning. I've moved more times than you could fathom,
left more people than you've known.
I've planted gardens 'round the world,
very few that I've seen grown.
I've grieved with new-made widows,
and had my share of scares -- when a ship or plane or man was down, and all I had were prayers.
I'm not asking for your sympathy, (although appreciation can be nice) I did it quite on purpose --I chose to sacrifice.
I'll tell you a secret now, one you'd never guess.
About the one glory that is mine,
it's just enough -- no more, no less.
When you and I stand together as our national anthem plays, I'll fill with reminiscences of how I spent those days.
I'll know the pain and joys again,
I'll know that freedom isn't free,
I'll know I've helped to pay the price –
and that the anthem plays for me.

Elizabeth Soutter Schwarzer
Marine Wife