Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for June 01, 2010
Transcript:
Phil: Do you come to the cemetery often? Val: Yes...it helps me to talk with him. Val: I tell him about his daughters...and my job...and Mom's adventures...and you. Phil: ME?? Val: Don't worry. He approves. Phil: He does? Holly: Well, technically you're on probation.
I was in a parade in MA yesterday so missed the comments till today. Lots of them were about relatives, but even if your relatives were not in combat you may have lost a friend. My relatives in combat all came back from the various wars, but two friends from high school did not. Both Marines, 2nd looies. One hitchhiked to the recruiter’s office the day he turned 18. Semper fi.