Not everyone will be home during the holiday season. Places at the dinner table, seats in a favorite chair, wine or water glasses will remain empty, especially on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Distance, obligation, estrangement, illness, money, various reasons will prevent family members from gathering together. Among those not home are our military men and women serving our country on foreign shores or a veteran without a home which should never be.
Source: awakenings2012.blogspot.com
While celebrating during the Christmas seasonAlways remember those away from home
Keep them in your hearts, cherish them in your soul
A day may come when you find yourself alone
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My Grandson, a Marine, will notbe home for Christmas andis not ina safe place even as he helps keep us safe. Pray he comes home safely and with all his parts.
We all will remember the ones who fight for us – and will not be home to celebrate. But still: they’re in our hearts and heads – and won’t be forgotten!
Thanks for this post!!