SwansLoveDisney
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- May 15, 2007
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I can't wait to hear the story about MeMom the klepto!
I can't wait to hear all about Grand Theft MeMom.
What's next?
MeMom arrested and thrown in Mickey Jail!
Now that we are DVC members...
what lovely words!
My guidance counselor at school who was just down there a few weeks ago said her son says they are staying in the Treehouses next time. They stayed at Wilderness Lodge Villas this time. I'd like to take a tour inside of one of them.
It could happen if she's not careful. You know what they say - third times a charm!
I could really go for one of those Belgian Waffles! Yummy!![]()
I am finally able to come back to the TR. I am now up to page 170. Back on about page 164 you were talking about Taps. To this day I can not listen to Taps without tearing up.
For one, being an Army retiree, it hits home quite hard anyway. But what makes it hit even harder was back when I was stationed at Fort McPherson, Georgia, and was on funeral detail. I was on the firing squad for the 21-gun salute. We were standing up on a hill looking down over the burial site of this WWII veteran. What tore my heart out was that no one showed up at the grave site. Not one person. There was the flag detail/paul barers and the chaplain ... no friends, no family. He had outlived them all. When Taps was played, every single one of us had tears streaming down our faces (even the big, tough guys) and we went to the grave side after the services to give our respects. We were not normally allowed to do this out of respect for the families. But since he had no one else, our commander said it would be OK.
To this day, Taps brings this memory back and the tears start to come. I am tearing up now, just thinking of him.