Deebow @ Blackfive:
I have been seeing alot written here and on Facebook about how this weekend is not the annual rite of passage to honor your new found love of charcoal and smoked foods.
All of my brothers here have done a marvelous job of telling the story of Memorial Day and how it means different things to us and to others, but to me, it IS about the barbecue.
Is there anyone here that wouldn’t want to have a barbecue where Basil Plumley, John Basilone, Gary Gordon, Randy Shugart, Hal Moore, Matt Ridgeway, James Stockdale or Michael Murphy all showed up? All of them would make a “who’s who” list of men I would be honored to sit around my firepit and pass out cheeseburgers and ribs off of my grill to in those red drive thru baskets you can still get at old school burger joints as we share cheap cold beer and ask who brought the POG wearing the “HALO” T-Shirt. Later on over mouthfuls of Mrs. Deebow’s pretzel rolls that I am using for sliders and the last of the bleu cheese potato salad, we could spend our time trying not to choke as we tell one hilarious war story after another; all starting with the phrase “and there we were….”
Then, after the sun went down, and we sat quietly around a fire as warriors are apt to do with their cigars and their libations; we would toast our lost comrades and commiserate on what would have been, had it not been for that fateful day; and we would do as General Patton said. We would thank God that men of their character had lived at all. I would feel even more blessed that those men made the choice of a life spent defending something they felt deeply about.
Thanks Curt, and have a really great Memorial Day.
DEBOW AND BLACFIVE
I’ll have one BURGER and sit among those braves
and I”LL feel secure,
you sure it was not TEEBOW?
what a good time you had, starting with fun and food, and lasting with TEARS OF EMOTIONS RISING AT THE SURFACE
on each of those stories, I can see you all rubbing your eyes at the end of the day,looking for the hankerchief
which your buddy pass on around, because you all forgot to bring your own, and finding out that it was not an hankerchief, it was his only shirt, he took off so you all could wipe your nose and your eyes,
what a nice group you must have been with,
and about those stories? did you at least video it?
we sure would have like to hear it. anyone is a unique precious story hope you kept it,
best to you
what are they giving to returned MILITARY who cannot sleep?
what’s that cocktail made of SEROQUEL, you give that to ALZEIMER PATIENTS,
WHY DO THE NATURAL WAY FIRST that is keep the light shut during the night and put some old music ALL NIGHT,
like the old bands soft and melody, sweet old arrangement of the oldy very important,
leave a multiple arrangment on side by side non stop all night every night,
give it time, the time needed ,
if they are taking those cocktails, reduce it very slightly so very slow, do it until nothing,
keep the music on always every night.
they are all different human so each will heal on his own time, and be patient don’t forget you are dealing with greater human than you, so keep your smile on all time keep your voice down always,
and allow them to speak their mind, to tell their hurt, they are there to HEAL not you,
you are there to help the healing constantly.
it will work, the music will do it ,and one day they will find their sleep only with the music
which has to be chosen with care because it is their medecine replacing the cocktails,
no metallic , no shocking screech music, no voice in music,
only the MELODY,
I know it need time, but they are not MACHINE,
never forget to not cut the corners,
keep the music only the melody