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  • Merry Christmas to all. I spent several Christmases & other special days away from loved ones when I was in my beloved Marine Corps, serving in Vietnam, '68-'69. For love of country & my Corps, I would do it all over again. Semper Fidelis.
  • I CURSE THOSE IN THE WHITE HOUSE  ( i don't think you will here the words MARRY CHRISTMAS coming from the white house ) i have never seen so much evil in this country ++++ it took about a hundred years & they have done it +++++ they took god out of the country .

  • Yes, a friendly and poignant reminder that these precious little ones, DESERVE, our protection.  Just as it is our duty to protect our Nation.  It need not be so much declared, that we defend and protect our families, and the generations to come.  Or what will become of our future generations?

    As President Reagan said of abortion.....It appears to me that the very people voting "for" abortion.....have already been born.  The same goes for those who will not defend their Country and families...they have already been defended and protected by older generations.  Where, Pray Tell, has the disconnect occurred?  Indoctrination by government agencies is far reaching.  Consider government's educational Common Core, and look at the attacks on God and churches, and look no further.

    Christus Vincit.

    • Thank You Jerel, It's  our  duty  to  say--it  like  you  did..!!

  • The Old Testament tells of many bad societies and warns the Israelites to stay clear of their evil ways. Abortion and infanticide were hated by God, and if Israel started to associate with any of them or turned a blind eye, after some time of warning, they were corrected.

    Now, as a country and as individuals, or fighting or enabling or promoting abortion is watched by God. So, for me, even paying the $1 fee Sebelius imposed through Obamacare exchanges is seen by God as participating in the evil. That was actually Sebelius' point, like a test of whether you follow God fully or not.

    Also, the fine for not participating is not a fine...it's a TAX. If you pay taxes to a gov., and they use that tax to pay for abortion, then you're part of the financing of abortion. So paying the first year $95 TAX is also not an option.

    They'll have to put me in jail.
  • To my fellow patriots,

    As a former soldier who spent 23 years in the active army- 17 of those overseas somewhere,

    Like so many of my fellow patriots, I too spent many holidays away from my family.  The one that

    caused the most noticeable loneliness of course was Christmas. 

    Two years ago on Christmas Day something gripped me, and in a sudden and profound fit of utter

    depression I was compelled to write this work.  This is my first and only attempt at writing a poem.

    I hope it moves you as it moved me.

    To all of you who have served- THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICES-

    and Merry Christmas to you all.

    In His Name,

    James M. Shofner

    SFC, USA, Retired

    ANOTHER CHRISTMAS WITHOUT DADDY

    The wind is bitter cold

    The snow is sharp against his skin

    The sergeant shivers in the Silent Night

    Tears slide silent across his cheeks

     

    Another Christmas Eve

    All alone in a Silent Night

    Visions of Christmas dancing in his head

    Dreams of his children sleeping in their beds

     

    Dreams of his soul mate

    Dreams of his wife

    Her warmth embracing

    Her love everlasting

     

    Another Christmas Eve

    All alone in a Silent Night

     

    For the Children

    Daughters 14, 12, and 9

    Another Christmas without daddy

    Tears slide silent across their cheeks

     

    Daddy is far away again

    Daddy is in another foreign land

    Living in danger

    Living in fear

     

    Other children far away

    They need him today

    Allaying their fears

    Drying their tears

     

    Another Christmas Eve

    All alone in a Silent Night

     

    Daughters 14, 12, and 9

    Another prayer for daddy

    Trying to be strong, Trying to be brave

    Dreams of daddy as they lay down to sleep

     

    Momma stands silently watching

    Tears slide silent across her cheeks

    Watching the sadness in their eyes

    Mourning the tears on their cheeks

     

    Daughters 14, 12, and 9

    Being strong for momma

    Being strong for daddy

    Tears slide silent down their cheeks

     

    The aroma of apple cider and pumpkin pie

    Christmas Tree and gifts shining bright

    Visions of no more hungry children

    Dreams of a better world

     

    For the Children

    Daughters 14, 12, and 9

    Another Christmas without daddy

    Tears slide silent across their cheeks

     

    Dreams of a world where daddy stays at home

    Dreams of a world living in peace

    No more need for fighting

    No more need for war

     

    Father, Mother and daughters 14, 12, and 9

    Gazing sadly and silently at the stars above

    Another Christmas Eve without daddy

    Another Christmas Eve without his family

     

    Another Christmas Eve

    All alone in a Silent Night

    Visions of Christmas dancing in his head

    Dreams of his children sleeping in their beds

     

    ©James M. Shofner

    SFC, USA, Retired

    “Home of the Wizard”

    25 December 2011

    • Thank you for the poem it was beautiful and wonderful it also moved me

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