Wow! What a super day Dad and I had. The soldiers didn't come in until 3:00pm, so Mom was able to go with us. The weather was great! Mom said it was a beautiful day for the 150 soldiers who came home and anyone else who would take the time to really notice.
The best part was waiting with two soldiers who were waiting for their families to show up. I took a nap on the sidewalk while Mom and Dad talked to the soldiers. One was playing a ukulele he took out from a small blue case. The other one was using Mom's cell phone and taking real funny. He said he was going to the "Islands" not far from where the planes were loaded with "Little Boy" and "Fat Man," two big bombs that brought an end to WWII a very long time ago. The soldier finally said he was from Saipan which made Mom ask what the native language was there. He said "Chamorro" and less than 200,000 people in the entire world speak it, that it is a dying language. He asked for Mom's address so he could send us a flag that he was going to ask a pilot to fly over Iraq just for us. It is supposed to come with a certificate saying it really was flown over Iraq. The soldier with the ukulele gave Mom a coin a general presented him when he received his CIB (Combat Infantray Badge). Some of his buddies received purple hearts, too. Mom was so overcome, I thought she would cry. She made sure both soldiers knew how much we appreciated what they had given us. Mom said she would never forget it.
This blog is about Boomer, a five-year-old Fila, who was rescued as a puppy. He is now a certified therapy dog through Heart of Texas Therapy Dogs and goes to DFW Airport every day to meet and greet our Troops coming in for 15 days of much-deserved R and R.
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