A Bride's Story

We were never the romantic couple. We have always been the best of friends, pals,team mates (college track ), and each other's gate keepers. I guess that is why when our children came along it was very easy to not miss the date nights or romantic evenings. We had never really had them. We've always done everything as a family. As the years passed, I did notice that, the more frequently he was separated from us to fulfill his military obligations, the more I loved being a MOM. I completely threw myself into Motherhood and my career. Fast forward 19 years, two career changes,graduate school, first born off to college, Korea, GTMO and 3 tours in Iraq. I remember one night I looked at my husband and thought "Who is this guy?" I felt like I didn't even know him anymore.. We had totally lost US. I asking him one night, " So is this it for us Did GOD bring us this far for this? Can you believe my husband didn't even answer? I was so upset. I remember being emotional, excitable and he was...well, a rock, my fortress, my Gilbralter upon which I had built my house.
That summer night I had conceded to being another empty nester statistic in just a few more years.
Oh but, it gets better. After a lot of hard work and many detailed hours of "us time" fast forward: prayer, church, Date Night.
To my utter astonishment, one day en route to work, I passed my husband who is standing on the interstate with a sign that reads, "I am still hopelessly in love with my wife of 19 years. Happy Valentine's Day Sweetie. I love you!!!" Fast forward April 2009: I receive an email from him, in the subject line it says "You have to do this!" I opened it, read it and discover that he has confirmed our presence at a Marriage Vow Renewal Ceremony and a dress fitting.
I called him at work immediately and before I could say anything he said "No, God did not bring us this far to leave us. We will be together until HE comes to get us!" I just held the phone and thought "WOW! Who is this guy?!!"  

Operation Wedding Bells

Ahhh, spring flowers, mild breezes and wedding dresses.  Operation Homefront Georgia received a donation of over 300 designer wedding dresses to gift to military brides to be.  Danise and Myra worked with ladies from Ft. Benning, Georgia to fit 78 dresses thus far.  They look stunning!  

Some of the stories are absolutely amazing to hear.  We have two female Soldiers getting married, one is marrying another Soldier and they are both scheduled to deploy sometime this year.  Others started their marriage with a visit to the Jusitce of the Peace and wish to renew their vows in a formal setting prior to their husband's possible deployment.  We'll add stories here regularly of these wonderful couples who are participating in our June 13th wedding at the Columbus Botanical Gardens.

Please check back often to read about these amazing people!

Click here to view photographs of the brides to be with their dresses.

Shame on the American Media

You're an 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia DrangValley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up to see an un-armed Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.
And, he kept coming back..... 13 more times..... And took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient, Ed Freeman,died last Wednesday at the age of 80, in Boise, ID......May God rest his soul.....

I bet you didn't hear about this hero's

passing, but we sure were told a whole

bunch about some Hip-Hop Coward

beating the nonsense out of his "girlfriend"

Medal of Honor Winner

Ed Freeman!

MAY HIS SOUL AND ALL THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED,

THROUGH GOD'S MERCY

MAY ETERNAL REST BE GRANTED HIM AND MAY

PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM FOR EVER AND EVER.

AMEN.

Shame on the American Media