How Observant Are You?
My Observation Skills Get An A |
Hardly anything gets by me... I have a great memory and eagle eyes |
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Just some blog stuff about things that go on around me, and things I find on the web
My Observation Skills Get An A |
Hardly anything gets by me... I have a great memory and eagle eyes |
Hi I found this on a yahoo 360 members page blog.
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The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
a lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A Marine, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
All dressed in cammies, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light.
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at '
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of '
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
"I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother...
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?"
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.
I have a lunch date with "Church Lady" today at a Applebee's in NJ. It is for 1 PM and she is a friends of Foxies . Foxie has to work so she can't make it also but I hope all goes well.
We chatted on the phone for over an hour. If you know me on how I like to talk on phone you would know that 10 minutes is long for me. Since that went well, we decided to meet for a bite to eat. She planning on going to her 1st party next month and I hope she and all other that attend enjoy themselves
You scored 96 skilled and 82 in tune
with me!
hmmmm Damn Baby! you've got skills, really! and you pretty much know what I
want. This would definately go farther ;) its your turn now
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and
gender
You scored higher than 78% on skilled
You scored higher than 78% in tune with me
I bumped into a friend from NYC area at a WAWA in Delaware today. It was nice to see her, a Royal Princess and a Lady in her court. I was coming out of physical therapy and they just had lunch.
I was nice to see them as I have not seen the Princess in a looooong time. She has some of the best parties and all she does is organize them and watches. Okay she may drink a bit sometimes and lay out on floor.
Either way she is a blast to be around. And I have to get better acquainted with Lady, and maybe next time I will get invite to lunch also when Princess is in area
Bob