A Different Christmas Poem

     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 [...]

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Reach out and hug a Vet

I grew up knowing that my dad was a Vietnam Vet.  I knew the “story” because my mom had told it to me as if it were a written hymn meant to be repeated verbatim: 
“Your father was an x-ray tech in the war.  He was hurt in a bombing that killed his friend and caused [...]

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