If We Are There To Live It

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Tomorrow is the 14-year anniversary of 9/11. In honor of all those who lost loved ones (my husband’s family included – we love and miss you, Todd Ouida), and in honor of all the brave servicemen and women who have died protecting this country, I would like to share a poem that my friend Julie recently posted.

Julie’s fiance, Sgt. 1st Class Liam Jules Nevins, 32, of Denver, Colo., died Sep. 21, 2013, in Afghanistan. According to Liam’s sergeant and friend, “If you knew Liam for any length of time, there is no doubt he made an impression on you. Good or bad, Liam would speak his mind, show his emotions, and make clear his mission. Liam’s mission was to serve his country, to serve his team, to be the best soldier he could be, and to help his fellow soldiers, from any nation, to the fullest extent under any conditions.”

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So today and everyday, we remember.

More Fair

They left me

with your shadow,

saying things like

Life is not fair

& I believed them

for a long time.

But today,

I remembered

the way you laughed

& the heat

of your hand

in mine

& I knew that

life is more fair

than we can

ever imagine

if

we are there to live it”

— Brian Andreas

 

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