{"id":33023,"date":"2012-11-28T19:36:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=33023"},"modified":"2012-11-28T20:23:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T00:23:59","slug":"finding-the-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33023","title":{"rendered":"Finding the Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

My pal, and a commenter here, OWB, captured a thing that has eluded me.<\/a><\/p>\n

There are people who come into our lives who quietly have a positive impact upon us.\u00a0 If we are lucky, we realize it before it is too late to thank them.<\/p>\n

Such a person was Sharon.\u00a0 While not a veteran herself, she became something of a mama bear to many of us.\u00a0 She married a veteran, a buddy of mine, and for her unfailing support of him I am extremely grateful.\u00a0 But beyond that, she was herself a great patriot.\u00a0 I have no doubt that without her troupe of veterans she would still have contributed to the strength of this country in many positive ways.\u00a0 She did just that and still supported the veteran community.<\/p>\n

We lost our mama bear Sharon this week.\u00a0 Suddenly.\u00a0 She was there one moment and gone the next.\u00a0 It\u2019s not something for which any of us was prepared.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One thing that OWB left out is that Sharon stood with us during GoE and her husband was one of the prime movers.\u00a0 Like most of us involved she was determined that younger vets didn’t get the welcome we did.<\/p>\n

But…<\/p>\n

A coupla weeks ago a Marine ‘Nam vet passed away. He had been a friend here for years.<\/p>\n

Getting reminded of one’s mortality isn’t really my point, although that hints at it.<\/p>\n

Although we’ve watched the WWI generation depart, and noted the passing of those vets who survived WWII and the Korean War we ‘Nam vets are now of THAT generation.<\/p>\n

Please forgive the rambling. Although it is a VERY<\/strong> trivial thing compared to the loss suffered by the families involved it is an eye opener. and just maybe worthy of some small note here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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