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My son returned safely from two deployments! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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~<\/em>Wishes<\/em> On Wings~<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em>I cry,<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n From love and fear,<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n At this moment,<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n I would give anything,<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n ….anything,<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n To have you near.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now you fly,<\/em><\/p>\n Across those far off seas,<\/em><\/p>\n That take you even farther,<\/em><\/p>\n ….away from me.<\/em><\/p>\n I remember the sweetness of your baby face,<\/em><\/p>\n I sang softly,<\/em><\/p>\n And held you dear.<\/em><\/p>\n Long ago moments,<\/em><\/p>\n That are still very clear.<\/em><\/p>\n Nothing in this world,<\/em><\/p>\n Could ever take your place…<\/em><\/p>\n This moment it’s the thought of war,<\/em><\/p>\n I must erase.<\/em><\/p>\n In your darkest moments,<\/em><\/p>\n Know….<\/em><\/p>\n My heart beats with love for you so,<\/em><\/p>\n No matter what you say or do.<\/em><\/p>\n That much in this\u00a0life,<\/em><\/p>\n You can count on….<\/em><\/p>\n ….as true.<\/em><\/p>\n I love you,<\/em><\/p>\n With all of my heart,<\/em><\/p>\n This distance,<\/em><\/p>\n Just tears me apart.<\/em><\/p>\n I evoke the wings of time,<\/em><\/p>\n To again bring you home safely,<\/em><\/p>\n To this heart of mine.<\/em><\/p>\n Safe journeys, my love.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (c)jgard 2010<\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n 7\/6\/2010<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An older one. My son returned safely from two deployments! \ud83d\ude42 ~Wishes On Wings~ I cry, From love and fear, At this moment, I would give anything, ….anything, To have you near. Now you fly, Across those far off seas, That take you even farther, ….away from me. I remember the sweetness of your baby […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[4,933,5],"class_list":["post-107076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-poetry","tag-war","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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