Duty to Country is Family Affair

clipped from www.centcom.mil Duty to Country Is Family Affair for Edmondsons FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq — Many children follow in their parents footsteps, but very rarely do the parents follow their in their children’s footsteps. Spc. Michael Edmondson, postal operations specialist, 747th Adjutant General Postal Company, who has been stationed at FOB Marez since November, heard in January that the Army was sending him a very unique present. “I was pretty excited when I heard my dad was going to be here,” said Michael. Michael’s father, Lt. Col. Guy Edmondson, military transition team commander, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, had spent four months trying to find a way to get sent back to Iraq. “I started working different ways to volunteer for Iraq in August, when I found out he was deploying,” said Guy. “When I found out in January that we were going to be at the same base I was surprised.” The father and son reunited the good, old-fashioned American way, over a meal at the dining facility, March 1.

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Reward Through Denial

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

clipped from www.worldnetdaily.com In both of these examples there is a reward in the end. In denying yourself, you have gained something. You have gone through a process to get there, and that process makes you a different person – maybe a more disciplined person, a more focused and self confident person. You proved to yourself you could achieve what you truly desired. Self-denial is a good thing.

Onwards ever – backwards, never

What a note of encouragement. We should encourage ourselves and each other to stay the course always.

clipped from www.worldnetdaily.com I consider Justice Clarence Thomas, born this day 59 years ago, one of the closest friends I will ever have in this life. However, he is not a friend in the traditional sense of knowing someone you grew up with, or even someone you see often or visit with regularly. I have never met the man. “Well, Ellis, if you never met Justice Thomas, how can you call him your ‘friend’?” Justice Thomas is my friend because 16 years ago when I was a freshman law student about to flunk out of law school, this man sent me letters of encouragement urging me “Onwards ever – backwards, never.”