WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AND HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LOOKIE HERE WHERE KYRA (THE108) DID!
SHE WILL ALSO HAVE ONE DESIGNED FOR YOUR SIDEBAR
THAT YOU CAN FLY THE ENTIRE TIME MATT IS AT BOOT CAMP!
Kyra, you always have a seat her on THE COUCH...
Thank you for your brilliant designs!
pssssssssst...if you ask her nicely, she will send you the code for this so it does link to Dixie's
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Is she proud? Absolutely, 1,000,000,000% proud. Her little boy who she brought into the world and nurtured and cleaned cuts for and taught to swim and all the other little things you do with your children that, when they are happening you think nothing can be better.
Years later when you are apart, (this is from experience folks), there are times when you can sit and think back and feel a warmth come over you even when they are thousands of miles away.
Matt is now a man and decided upon graduation from high school that he would join the Marines.
Is she upset? Of course she is. This is her oldest, her only boy, and her loving son. Who would
not be upset by their going away? Even if it were to leave for college, mothers will feel a loss unlike anything we men can imagine.Sure, we men get sad…our kids are growing and leaving and we have been told it is more difficult if a daughter (never had one…wish I had), is leaving. When our sons leave, we most certainly feel the loss, but we also know they are beginning their new life.
The last weeks have been a plethora of emotions for Dixie. They will continue over the next 13 weeks as Matt completes his boot camp where they "are cut off from the civilian world and have to adapt to the Marine lifestyle." Then he will come back to is mom, still her son and so much more.
We are not even sure she or her brave son will see this before he leaves Sunday, but we ask every single reader of THE COUCH to take a little trip over to DIXIE’S HEART AND SOUL and just leave a little message.Leave it to Dixie…leave it to Matt…leave it to both of them, but leave one. It does not have to be tear inducing, just a “good luck & stay safe” will do.
Then we ask you to do one other thing. Put the following on your blog today and tomorrow and Sunday…let’s spread the word and support one of us…
“Please Visit Dixie and Matt and Wish Them Well As He Leaves For Parris Island And The Marines on Sunday, July 22, 2007.
Just click HERE.”
Just click HERE.”
What THE COUCH asks of you is to make it so when Dixie opens her blog on Tuesday, when she gets back, there are HUNDREDS OF MESSAGES (would it be too much to ask for thousands?).
One minute to post the message to your blog. Two minutes to leave a little comment…
THREE MINUTES people and if all y’all do it, we can show my dear dear friend that she is not only not alone, but she is surrounded by some of the most incredible people in the world.
Then, when Matt gets home from boot camp she can sit him down and say “Son, look at these messages, they are for you and they helped keep you safe.”
Not sure why, but I am sitting here at my desk at work and the front of my shirt is wet from the tears….I hope they are tears of joy as you all jump on board.
Thank you to every single one of you who helps…we want this to circulate…it does not matter if ten days from now someone sees it and goes to post…
Be safe Matt...you honor us all and show what a wonderful man you have become...
Not sure if it is appropriate for a non-Marine to say it, but....
SEMPER FI
CREDITS:
"MARINE CORPS HYMN (HALL OF MONTEZUMA)"
Marine Corps Band
Composer: John Phillip Sousa
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in ev'ry clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job--
The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
CREDITS:
"MARINE CORPS HYMN (HALL OF MONTEZUMA)"
Marine Corps Band
Composer: John Phillip Sousa
From the Halls of Montezuma
To the Shores of Tripoli;
We fight our country's battles
In the air, on land and sea;
First to fight for right and freedom
And to keep our honor clean;
We are proud to claim the title
of United States Marine.
Our flag's unfurled to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in ev'ry clime and place
Where we could take a gun;
In the snow of far-off Northern lands
And in sunny tropic scenes;
You will find us always on the job--
The United States Marines.
Here's health to you and to our Corps
Which we are proud to serve
In many a strife we've fought for life
And never lost our nerve;
If the Army and the Navy
Ever look on Heaven's scenes;
They will find the streets are guarded
By United States Marines.
The Marines' Hymn is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps. It is the oldest official song in the U.S. Armed Forces. The song has an obscure origin—the words date from the 19th century, but no one knows the author. The music is from the "Gendarmes' Duet" from the opera "Geneviève de Brabant" by Jacques Offenbach, which had its début in Paris in 1859. The Marine Corps secured a copyright on the song on August 19, 1919, but it is now in the public domain.
The initial verse is "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli". The Montezuma phrase refers to the Battle of Chapultepec. The Tripoli phrase refers to actions during the First Barbary War and the Battle of Derne.
The initial verse is "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli". The Montezuma phrase refers to the Battle of Chapultepec. The Tripoli phrase refers to actions during the First Barbary War and the Battle of Derne.
SOURCE: Wikipedia.org
