tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post6658337916354435490..comments2024-03-22T01:56:45.513-07:00Comments on HOLLYWOOD: Where HOT Comes To Die ®: Hi DadSuzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00361775888847203043noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-68082853041851603382012-05-29T16:53:35.201-07:002012-05-29T16:53:35.201-07:00OH man...that made me tear up. What an honor for t...OH man...that made me tear up. What an honor for those soldiers to have the opportunity to honor men like your father.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196096131750922174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-64547619438484965672012-05-28T16:57:34.882-07:002012-05-28T16:57:34.882-07:00"They" being those who work or volunteer..."They" being those who work or volunteer at Arlington.Navhelowifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278970516159719018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-90243064859204059442012-05-28T16:56:46.167-07:002012-05-28T16:56:46.167-07:00My Father and my mother are both interred at Arlin...My Father and my mother are both interred at Arlington. They do so much to try to keep that attitude of respect and dignity. It is a powerful, powerful place. The volunteers who work there are also a dedicated group of people, many of them widows or widowers of those buried there.Navhelowifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278970516159719018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-82797049705859438672012-05-28T11:24:52.258-07:002012-05-28T11:24:52.258-07:00I had no idea about this. Thank you for sharing.I had no idea about this. Thank you for sharing.Robbie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355421896613106268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-46656478331290071772012-05-28T10:09:33.576-07:002012-05-28T10:09:33.576-07:00Thanks for honoring those who serve with your post...Thanks for honoring those who serve with your post today. <br /><br />My parents met overseas, both serving in WWII. My mom use to tell her nursing stories when we were kids. What I remembered most was how she talked about the men always drooling after them as in "South Pacific." But then there were the real nursing stories about the patients and their injuries; how young some where; the 15 year old who lied about his age to get…. She hadn't talk about them for many years and then started repeating them in PTSD form after 9/11.<br /><br />My dad had been pretty quiet about it. But when he was in his 80s, I'd go with him to church on Sunday and there was often a man with a marine jacket that sat a few rows up (in his last years my dad thought the back row was his pew ;-). He'd point at that jacket and get all choked up, tears welling in his eyes. Thinking of the bravery and courage of the marines who went in first.<br />I only learned much later from other family who served, about the service (Navy) of my father. I'd never realized until I looked it up how dangerous his missions had been.<br /><br />I don't think I fully understood much (really) until I was older and had family and friends die (not in service).<br /><br />If I wasn't so far away I'd go and put a flag on both their graves. I'll just have to salute their photos. Thanks mom and dad, and to yours too Suzy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-25084964664960456462012-05-28T05:29:20.552-07:002012-05-28T05:29:20.552-07:00Arlington Cemetery, we stop there on every visit t...Arlington Cemetery, we stop there on every visit to DC. Each year we walk the lines and stop and reflect and say a prayer ... it is an overwhelming sight, and cannot fail to touch your heart.<br />Thinking of you, and all of those lost today xxxThe Sisters' Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797948652615263591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-38942306231644718322012-05-28T05:29:08.415-07:002012-05-28T05:29:08.415-07:00Arlington Cemetery, we stop there on every visit t...Arlington Cemetery, we stop there on every visit to DC. Each year we walk the lines and stop and reflect and say a prayer ... it is an overwhelming sight, and cannot fail to touch your heart.<br />Thinking of you, and all of those lost today xxxThe Sisters' Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797948652615263591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-51167758971977714062012-05-27T18:19:57.270-07:002012-05-27T18:19:57.270-07:00Thank you for sharing this beautiful and meaningfu...Thank you for sharing this beautiful and meaningful tradition, and I am yet another sending my gratitude on behalf of very grateful nation.Annahttp://www.randomhandprints.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-87646221432703371632012-05-27T17:16:37.663-07:002012-05-27T17:16:37.663-07:00I didn't know the soldiers stayed there all we...I didn't know the soldiers stayed there all weekend. What a heart touching tradition to honor those to who have given us so much.Just A Normal Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17044107177408002343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-50755380681039323822012-05-27T15:35:33.917-07:002012-05-27T15:35:33.917-07:00Thanks for sharing it. My brother is a Lt Col in t...Thanks for sharing it. My brother is a Lt Col in the Marines (multiple tours), and both my grandfathers served.Pamela Fagan Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400007405575728478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-45318755614902461252012-05-27T15:09:35.275-07:002012-05-27T15:09:35.275-07:00Japolina, sorry I spelled your name wrong. If it h...Japolina, sorry I spelled your name wrong. If it helps, I often misspell my own.Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980186321981090019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-32827998445747795782012-05-27T15:08:55.300-07:002012-05-27T15:08:55.300-07:00Kimberly, I'll add your name to Jaokina's ...Kimberly, I'll add your name to Jaokina's and the Empress' on the list I'm sending my sister about Dad and the kind people who are remembering him, and others, through this post. I thank you all.Suzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980186321981090019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-46457793518788992282012-05-27T15:02:39.075-07:002012-05-27T15:02:39.075-07:00I'm going to share your post with my children ...I'm going to share your post with my children tomorrow as part of our remembrance. It's important for kids to realize that the men and women buried there belong to a family too.Kimberly at Rubber Chicken Madnesshttp://www.rubberchickenmadness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-82292829616461325562012-05-27T14:11:58.651-07:002012-05-27T14:11:58.651-07:00This is a beautiful post. Thank you for sharing. L...This is a beautiful post. Thank you for sharing. Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-25779232168552702542012-05-27T11:41:27.578-07:002012-05-27T11:41:27.578-07:00I told my children the story of your father being ...I told my children the story of your father being buried there, and how the soldiers hand you the flag and say, "on behalf of a grateful nation."<br /><br />That's a part of the ceremony we never knew of, and I hope my children retell that very special moment, whenever the occasion arises.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609629888008025050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-72791197120328595032012-05-27T10:57:24.085-07:002012-05-27T10:57:24.085-07:00That's a wonderful tradition to honor those wh...That's a wonderful tradition to honor those who served.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34364708.post-89669116393815303292012-05-27T08:38:50.868-07:002012-05-27T08:38:50.868-07:00I love this. I'm going to link to it in my blo...I love this. I'm going to link to it in my blog tomorrow if that is okay with you!Japolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07298168458099473725noreply@blogger.com