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Thank you so much! Gwenllian<BR><BR>Loch Ruadh Rocks! <BR>Beam me sideways, Scottie. These people don't know which way is up!<BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 04:50:24 -0800<BR>From: ladyadelaide@sbcglobal.net<BR>To: elfsea@lists.ansteorra.org<BR>Subject: [Elfsea] OT Thanksgiving Poem<BR><BR>
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<DIV><STRONG><U><FONT size=5> GIVE THANKS THIS THANKGIVING
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><B><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">If you can read this entire<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>poem without a <SPAN id=ecxlw_1290515815_1 class=ecxyshortcuts>tear in your eye</SPAN> or lump in your throat, you are a stronger<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>person than I am.</SPAN></B></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Daddy's Poem</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR><BR>Her hair was up in a pony tail,</SPAN></DIV></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">her favorite dress tied with a <BR>bow.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Today was Daddy's Day at school,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">and she couldn't wait to go.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>But her mommy tried to tell her,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">that she probably should stay <BR>home</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Why the kids might not understand,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">if she went to school alone.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>But she was not afraid;</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">she knew just what to say.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">What to tell her classmates</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">of why he wasn't there today.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">But still her mother worried,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">for her to face this day alone.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And that was why once again,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">she tried to keep her daughter <BR>home.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>But the little girl went to school</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">eager to tell them all.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">About a dad she never sees a <BR>dad</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">who never calls.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>There were daddies along the wall in back, for everyone to meet.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Children squirming impatiently,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">One by one the teacher called</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">a student from the class.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">To introduce their daddy,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">as seconds slowly passed.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">At last the teacher called her <BR>name,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">every child turned to stare.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Each of them was searching,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">a man who wasn't there.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>"Where's her daddy at?"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">She heard a boy call out.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">"She probably doesn't have <BR>one,"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">another student dared to shout.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>And from somewhere near the back,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">she heard a daddy say,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">"Looks like another <SPAN style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #366388 2px dotted; CURSOR: hand" id=ecxlw_1290515815_2 class=ecxyshortcuts>deadbeat <BR>dad</SPAN>,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">too busy to waste his day."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">The words did not offend her,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">as she smiled up at her Mom.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And looked back at her teacher, <BR>who<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>told her to go on..</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And with hands behind her<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>back,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">slowly she began to speak.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And out from the mouth of a <BR>child,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">came words incredibly unique.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>"My Daddy couldn't be here,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">But I know he wishes he could <BR>be,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">since this is such a special <BR>day.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And though you cannot meet <BR>him,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">I wanted you to know.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">All about my daddy,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">and how much he<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>loves me so.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>He loved to tell me stories</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">he taught me to ride<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>my bike.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">He surprised me with<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>pink roses,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">and taught me to fly<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>a kite.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">We used to share<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>fudge sundaes,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">and ice cream in a cone.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And though you cannot see<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>him.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">I'm not standing here alone.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>"Cause my daddy's always with me,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">even though we are apart</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">I know because he told me,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">he'll forever be in my heart"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>With that, her <SPAN id=ecxlw_1290515815_3 class=ecxyshortcuts>little hand</SPAN> reached up,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Feeling her own heartbeat,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">beneath her favorite dress.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And from somewhere there in the<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>crowd<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>of dads, her mother stood in tears.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Proudly watching her daughter,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">who was wise beyond her years.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>For she stood up for the love</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">of a man not in her life.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Doing what was best for her,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>And when she dropped her hand back<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>down, staring straight into the crowd..</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">She finished with a voice so <BR>soft,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">but its message clear and<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>loud.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">"I love my daddy very much,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">he's my shining star.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And if he could, he'd be here,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">but heaven's just too far.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>You see he is an American Soldier<BR>and died just this past year</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">When a roadside bomb<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>hit his convoy and taught Americans<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>to fear.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">But sometimes when I close my <BR>eyes,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">it's like he never went away."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And then she closed her eyes,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">and saw him there that day.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>And to her mother's amazement,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">she witnessed with surprise.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">A room full of daddies and <BR>children,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">all starting to close their <BR>eyes.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>Who knows what they saw before them,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">who knows what they felt inside.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Perhaps for merely a second,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">they saw him at her side.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>"I know you're with me Daddy,"</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">to the silence she called<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>out.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And what happened next made<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>believers,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">of those once filled with<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>doubt.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>Not one in that room could explain it,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">for each of their eyes had been <BR>closed.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">But there on the desk beside <BR>her,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">was a fragrant long-stemmed pink <BR>rose.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><BR>And a child was blessed, if only for<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>a moment, by the love of her shining star.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">And given the gift of believing,</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">that heaven is never too far.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><BR> </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">They say it takes a minute to <BR>find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, <BR>but then an entire life to forget them.
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Take the time...to live and <BR>love.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Until eternity..</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">There must be many children in <BR>the same boat as this little girl, thanks to our servicemen and their<SPAN class=ecxyiv144527510ecxyiv894451324yiv1834284714Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR>families for the sacrifice they are making to keep our country <BR>Free.</SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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