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Christmas Eve is fast
approaching, with the season's
joy
Cookie baking, gifts to wrap
and Christmas plays to see
All the decorations . . .
hanging 'round the town
Twinkling lights and tinsel,
adorn our Christmas tree
We've taught our little
children the meaning of the
season
About baby Jesus born in
Bethlehem, sleeping on the hay
But this year we'll be
celebrating Christmas without
Daddy
Because you had to go . . . so very
far away
My dear husband it will
almost be a year since you've
been gone
We thought when you were
deployed, for Christmas you'd be
home
But your country called you, to
protect the freedom of the world
Because the danger still lurks,
this year at Christmas we're
alone
I want you to know, the children
will be happy that day
Because they're too young to
understand, why you went away
Oh, I show them your picture
daily, and their little kisses
smudge the frame
But they just know that Daddy is
a soldier and he loves them just
the same
I'll paint my Christmas blue
this year, and carols we will
sing
We'll pray for God above to
protect you and your friends
Keep you all 'neath angels'
wings, give strength to face
what may
Your country is beside you
praying for your safety to the
end
And while we love you dearly and
want you to come home
We know that sometimes God
decides when to call a soldier
home
Though we may have Christmas
without Daddy, and feel a little
blue
We know should God call for you,
borne on wings of angels you'll
be taken home
A soldier fights with all his
might, to protect what God has
given
The right to pray and live with
freedom all across the land
And if in the fiercest battle,
sometimes the fight is lost
God sends down His angels to
give a helping hand
Yes, we love you dearly and want
you to come home
But sometimes God decides when
to call a soldier home
Though we may have Christmas
without Daddy, and feel a little
blue
We know should God call for you,
borne on wings of angels you'll
be taken home.
Jene' Lind © Dec 3, 2003
A special thanks
to our Sister-In-Christ Jene
Lind for this poem.
She
willingly shares the talents
that God has blessed her
with.
We dedicate
this page to the fallen heroes
and their families. May
the Comforter be with you.
Your loved one gave the ultimate
sacrifice for freedom, God
Bless. Also we thank all
of our Armed Forces and their
families for the sacrifices and
contributions to our great
nation. We pray that God
will watch over and protect you.
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