Praise for the Men & Women In Uniform

We were sitting down Sunday evening watching Extreme Home Makeover (don't ask me but the boys are glued to the tv when it's on). This week's episode featured a family where the Dad was serving overseas in the military. The boys were listening to the opening and then when they showed the Dad in his military uniform Lucas jumped up shouting Philippines, America, America in Philippines then a whole string of Tagalog and Visayan.

We put on our Sherlock Holmes hats and finally figured out that we had read about 5 years ago the US Navy came into their care center and did some much needed repairs, brought gifts and played with the kids and sort of adopted the center. We had read about this project before the boys came home but since they would have been 4 and 5 at the time didn't think they'd remember much. Lucas was so insistent that the father on the show was one of those American soldiers that were his friends, there was no use trying to explain the difference between the army and navy. He clapped and jumped up and down when they revealed the family's new home.

So if you know a service man or woman and they ever wonder if the people and places they touch when they are on a tour of duty remember them....tell them yes and they remain in their hearts for much longer than perhaps anyone knows.