[il-talk] Memorial Day

[sharon howerton]

Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Connie J. Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Memorial Day


> Yes, and both of your sons are great people because they have a great 
> mother!
> Connie
>
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: sharon howerton
>  To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
>  Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 7:52 PM
>  Subject: Re: [il-talk] Memorial Day
>
>
>  Don't forget the ones who have served, came back physically well but may
>  wear mental scars that we don't know. I see one every day, my 26 year old
>  son and former sailor. He enlisted a year early even before getting out 
> of
>  high school, and I think the military was rough for him, but then he went 
> in
>  just before 9-11--and only ten days after graduation from high school.
>  Connie knows; she was a teacher for both of my sons.
>  And yes, our military, active and former, all branches, not just the 
> Army,
>  should be remembered.
>  Sharon
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: "Connie J. Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
>  To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
>  Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 12:57 PM
>  Subject: Re: [il-talk] Memorial Day
>
>
>  > Amen, Joe!
>  > Connie Davis, human being
>  >
>  >  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  >  From: jlmonti at sbcglobal.net
>  >  To: il-talk at nfbnet.org
>  >  Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 12:52 PM
>  >  Subject: [il-talk] Memorial Day
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  Please keep thos who fought for us and lost their lives in your 
> prayers
>  > today.
>  >  because of my eyes, i could not fight. i had so many friends, 
> relatives,
>  > and students who did fight. some enlisted some were drafted. but they
>  > fought and some did not ccome back. every sunday in church we read the
>  > names of those killed in the war that week. now we have started to read
>  > the names of those killed here in chicago due to violence. sometimes 
> the
>  > chicago lisst is longer than the irag list. scarey.
>  >  i always felt a fondness for those who went off to fight. maybe 
> because i
>  > couldn't. i guess they haven't found a way for the Blind to fight yet. 
> the
>  > losing of a child is a great sorrow, some say the greatest. i know that
>  > sorrow. mine due to illness.
>  >  so keep the day sacred.
>  >  DONA NOBIS PACEM
>  >
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