A veteran’s thoughts at Christmas 2013
I am a veteran of the Korean
War time who served in Tokyo and never saw a battlefield. I was privileged this past October, 2013 to
fly to Washington D.C. on an Honor Flight due to the kind invitation of a
friend from church, Bill Marland.
Since many who have seen the
battlefields of the world have not returned or only did so in a wounded state,
I feel so fortunate to have lived my life, now at 81.
My wife, Jeanie, was
beautiful then and still is. We have
shared a steady Christian love for sixty-two years next month. Coming home after maturing during my two years service (Jeanie says
so); I have lived a very full life.
We had our first son, Jay
Clark, in December 1955. Six years
before Jeffrey Brent was born in 1961, shortly after I obtained a BS in Metallurgical
Engineering from the University of Kentucky.
Later years have brought us three
beautiful granddaughters and two step-sons.
Seeing newborn that you
helped conceive is so special. Certainly
babies are beautiful, even boy babies.
But the euphoria is not only the mother’s. The dreams initiated of nurturing the boys
throughout their lives is still with Jeanie and me. I’m sure our boys would like for us to “let
that go”; however I assure you that we never will.
I’ve worked hard, and so has
Jeanie, but we have enjoyed all of these years.
Those families who lost their sons, daughters, husbands, or whichever,
have had sadness inescapable throughout these years. Likewise, the wounded warriors have lived less
than full lives over these years.
As we thank the Christian
God, we can barely imagine the sadness
He must have felt when His son suffered the horrible torture and death to forgive each person on earth. We are so happy at this time of celebration
for Jesus’ birth.
America, by even secular poll
results, has 86 % believers in God, but our supposed government leaders have
allowed the 86 % to remove so much of the cause of Christmas celebration. Many of them are of the secular progressive
crowd. Such leaders didn’t win our
freedoms they are stripping us of. The
service-people and their families who suffered so much for the freedoms of American
citizens did. Shame on any elected person who has let
“America- the last city on the hill” slip away due to their own
selfishness.
Merry Christmas!
Sam Kegley
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