Happy Thanksgiving

Redda · Post by **Redda** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:46 am

Happy Thanksgiving Hala.

I’m not American, so this holiday was foreign to me at first, but I got it after my first one.

That was when I was at Fort Hood in Texas, and Manny was in Iraq. I was lucky enough to be accepted into a group of exceptional Army Wives, and their families…and my first Thanksgiving was spent with them and their kids, eating a thanksgiving dinner in the chow hall on Post.

What I got out of that was, well, to be honest, a thundering headache as I seemed to be everyone’s honorary auntie…..but what I really got out of that experience was that these women….wives looking after the kids while their dad’s were in harms way…were all sharing Thanksgiving together THERE, together…..not off at their various families, where would be more typical.

It was as if, an unspoken agreement had been made….that our soldiers were being deprived of their traditional family Thanksgiving, and so we would, somehow, being sharing their lot if we stuck together and made our own Thanksgiving too.

Maybe I am not describing or expressing this in quite the way I feel it. What I am trying to say is that…..there are THOUSANDS of families now doing the same thing this year, silently, not making a fuss about being separated from loved ones and these people are just as much heroes of this country as the men and women serving us overseas.

I get it now…..I am truly thankful for having my husband home and safe…..I am thankful that another good friend has just returned from Iraq, safe and well….that T’holoth (Grant) is temporarily home and safe for a short while, that our best friend in Bagdad is safe and well at this time too.

Maybe for most people, the men and women in out military are just numbers, I can put a face and name to some and somehow that changes the whole.

Please, if you are giving thanks to whatever powers that be that you believe in, add thanks for being safe and home, and send a pray to those who are not.

My respect and honor goes out to all that are not home with us for Thanksgiving. Be well guys and gals.

Dengar · Post by **Dengar** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:18 am

I'm no DM... but F'N Bump! From a Dead Red Dwarf!

VIpAcT · Post by **VIpAcT** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:43 am

Amen.

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:46 am

Very true Redda.

A HUGE thank you to all our service members whether overseas or here in the states. The sacrifice you make daily does not go unnoticed, nor unappreciated. I for one am very Thankful for you.

OhhRah and Semper Fidelis

Mark

Jenai · Post by **Jenai** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:57 am

Readda,
I know how you feel. Though my husband Corwin was not gone for thanksgiving he did have to twice once to kuwait and once to Iraq. I have a lot to be thankful for. Even so I wish to give my deepest thanks to thoose who are STILL away from home. To corwin Manny, Arkon and all of our service members I say thankyou.
Jenai/Melissa
Once a marine always a marine!

ChukchiDog · Post by **ChukchiDog** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:04 am

VERY well said, Redda.

Mephistophelina · Post by **Mephistophelina** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:45 pm

Luvluv to Deskmerc, who staved off the RED COMMIE THREAT by becoming a paid gub'mint assassin who drove tanks, asploded stuff, had stuff asploded at him, jumped out of perfectly good aircraft, and maybe worst of all... had to eat MRE's.

He is mah hero, way cooler than Kex could ever be on his best day of bamf-ing, and as god as my witness, he has never gone hungry again!

Hoo-ah!

- M.

Post by **Arkon** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 1:02 pm

HEY! MRE's aren't that bad! I actually enjoyed some of them

Mephistophelina · Post by **Mephistophelina** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 3:41 pm

Arkon wrote:HEY! MRE's aren't that bad! I actually enjoyed some of them

Deskmerc says the same thing.

*shudder* Powdered meat.

- M.

darkserra · Post by **darkserra** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:05 pm

Some of my best friends were MREs,

Hey Arkon, remember the dehydrated pork patty.. or the tuna with noodles??

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 7:54 pm

tuna with noodles, i liked that one. My favorite was the Chili Mac. Put your cheese and crumble up some crakers, tobacco sauce. that actually taste good

Odin Hammersong · Post by **Odin Hammersong** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:05 pm

corwink wrote:tobacco sauce. that actually taste good

corwink · Post by **corwink** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 5:39 am

Doh, tobassco( sp?) sauce. dang it.