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December 2, 2006
It's the little things
By Drew in Miscellaneous
OK, so this post is going to be pretty much way off-topic. I usually reserve these kinds of posts for my blog where I feel much more comfortable going in any direction I want seeing as how I pay the bills. But I figure I will go with this anyway and if Qblog doesn't want it here he can take it down, ban me from blogging, and write me a nasty e-mail telling me about the bodily harm he is going to inflict upon me for cluttering up his blog with such nonsense......OK, maybe that is getting a bit carried away considering I know Qblog and I don't think he would go quite that far. At any rate let's get on with this off-topic post.
Some of you may know that I am from the great state of Nebraska and therefore I am a HUGE Nebraska football fan. Well if you follow college football you may know that my Huskers will be playing for their conference championship tommorow against our old-time rival Oklahoma Sooners. I have been waiting with great anticipation for this game all week.
Today, I went to one of my favorite sites for Husker football huskerpedia.com. A great site to find articles and information about Husker sports. Anyway the top linked article was to the JournalStar in Lincoln and was titled "Brothers in arms, rivals in red" talking about the Husker and Sooner fans who are currently in Iraq that will be watching the game together. Reading that article really gave me an appreciation for what I have.
I served six years in the Army and had my share of deployments on various exercises. I never served in a combat zone with bullets flying or having to be concerned about every pile of dirt on the road being a potential bomb, but I know that feeling of missing home all too well. I also know how it's the little things about home that you think about the most.
Think about what it is everyday about home that you may take for granted. I am not trying to condemn anyone we all take things for granted from time to time. But, just for a moment think about those little things, or little moments that makes home home. Now think about being away from it with only your memories to hang on to.
That is pretty much how the soldier's feel when they think of home. It is the little memories that keep them going and if only for a second it brings them peace and joy. It is those little things that they long to get back to. It is those little things that they long to be a part of once again.
So whatever you are doing this weekend whether it be watching football on TV, going somewhere with your family, or even just kicking back in your favorite chair to read a book in peace and quiet. Give a thought to those brave men and women miles and miles away who at that very moment would love to be doing exactly what you are doing at that very moment, and remember how sacred all those little things really are.
Absolutely right on. I am in the middle of a move right now back to civilization, and I'll tell you what, my wife and I are really looking forward to being able to have ice cream in our freezer again.
Where we lived, there was nowhere to buy it, and if you tried to take it from a major center, it would melt before we got home.
It is the little things that you take for granted, and it is thise little things that you miss the most when you don't have them anymore.
I think you miss them the most because the little things aren't the things you expect to miss.
Posted by: rocket | December 2, 2006 6:47 PM