“I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams”. The words of one of my favorite carols always bring a tear to my eye. I feel very sad for people that cannot be home for Christmas.
I remember a time when I could not be home for Christmas. I was in the Air Force in the 60s. I don’t remember why but I was not granted leave and even though I celebrated with my buddies that were stuck along with me, far away from home, my thoughts were always of home and my family.
Since we celebrate a very traditional Polish Wigilia in my family, you can actually visualize the gathering and smell and taste the traditional foods.
My heart goes out to especially the soldiers far away from home. I know that we have a volunteer military and it is their chosen profession unlike the draftees in our previous wars, but still they are at the mercy of a lunatic president that thinks nothing about placing them in harm’s way, far, far away from home on Christmas for reasons only he apparently knows.
In a quiet moment this holiday week, I will raise a glass of the best vodka and drink a toast to those who cannot be home for Christmas.
I remember a time when I could not be home for Christmas. I was in the Air Force in the 60s. I don’t remember why but I was not granted leave and even though I celebrated with my buddies that were stuck along with me, far away from home, my thoughts were always of home and my family.
Since we celebrate a very traditional Polish Wigilia in my family, you can actually visualize the gathering and smell and taste the traditional foods.
My heart goes out to especially the soldiers far away from home. I know that we have a volunteer military and it is their chosen profession unlike the draftees in our previous wars, but still they are at the mercy of a lunatic president that thinks nothing about placing them in harm’s way, far, far away from home on Christmas for reasons only he apparently knows.
In a quiet moment this holiday week, I will raise a glass of the best vodka and drink a toast to those who cannot be home for Christmas.
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