Proud to be a Soldier !!!

From the daughter of a Soldier..

 

Last week I was in Trenton, Ontario. attending a

conference.

While

I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people

behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around

and witnessed one of the greatest act's of patriotism I have ever

seen.

 

Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their

camo's,

as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost

everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and

cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being

applauded and cheered for it hit me. I'm not alone. I'm not the

only red blooded Canadian who still loves this country and

supports our troops and their families.

 

Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for

these

young

unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for

us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal.

Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of

our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years

old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said

"hi," the little girl then she asked him if he would give

something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look

any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did

she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the little girl

grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she

could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.

 

The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name

was

Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Corporal

and had been in Afghanistan for 11 months now. As the mom was

explaining how much her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the

young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom

was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled

together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen

pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing

with the device and talking back and forth on it.

 

After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked

back

over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, "I spoke to your

daddy and he told me to give this to you." He then hugged this

little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

He finished by saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he

loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon."

 

The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and

as

the

young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I

was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event

unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their

gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding

and looked around, their were very few dry eyes, including my own.

That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around

and blew a kiss to Courtney.

 

We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their

families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end

of the day, it's good to be a Canadian.

thats a nice stroy klink

That is wonderful, I got that in an email not too long ago and indeed is a great story

Nice!!!

very nice story man. sometimes i wish the news was full of stories like that. instead of the sad truth of the world today.....

Yeah that was a really great story, good find klink.

That's a beautiful story, every touching :thumbsup:

What I admire the most is that they are actually risking their lives not to protect their country but to promote peace and human rights in other areas. :thumbsup: