The 4th of July is here again. I will spend this evening at Ft. Bragg watching the fireworks with my family. Wynona Judd is going to be the main attraction for this years event. This is a free event and it is open to the general public although the general public must have their vehicles searched and show a form of identification to gain entry to Ft. Bragg. Small price to pay for what they will see tonight!!
I just read a blog by another Rainer here. He had imbeded a YouTube video of service members with Lee Greenwoods "God Bless The USA" playing in the background. That gets to me everytime. I had a unique opportunity to meet Lee Greenwood shortly after the war started.
In my spare time I run a home based business. I am an Independent Senior Home Consultant for The Longaberger Company after being a full time real estate broker with Keller Williams Realty. After the war started the company wanted to do something for the consultants with family members serving in the armed forces. Tami Longaberger invited us to The Homestead for a day and asked me to send a photo of my husband preferably in uniform. At the time my husband was in between deployments. He fought me kicking and screaming. You have to understand that most of these guys do not like attention.
We arrived at The Homestead to find a huge gathering of people. I mean thousands!! A small, private reception was held for the service members and families before being taken out to the mass of people. At that reception the small photos of our service members had been blown up into very large hard backed photos on easels. It was such a lovely tribute that I still have today!
As we went out to the day long event it ended with a concert by none other than Lee Greenwood! He talked about the troops serving and the ones that had attended that day. Of course he had to sing God Bless the USA while us wives stood there and cried our eyes out!! It was a hard day for us. While we had our husbands back from deployment at that time we all knew we still had many left to go.
I am working on adding photos. I'm sorry I'm not that techie yet!! lol. I just wanted to share my story. We chose this life and we're very proud. The day was hard for my husband because that day so many people came up to him and thanked him for his service and he turned to me and said "I don't know what to say to these people.". I realized that we have always been around bases where everyone has the same life. We chose this lifestyle and it's our world. He didn't expect the thanks and didn't know what to do with it when he got it.
My biggest thanks goes out to The Longaberger Company and Lee Greenwood for making that day something that we will never forget. Our family life is based on quality and not quantity.......We have come to understand that and it has made a world of difference! Have a safe 4th!!
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