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Stitched With Love
by David Story I knew her name a month before I met her. When I first started my job at the Christian Bookstore where I am presently employed, everyone there spoke of Penny. "Oh, you'll like Penny," they'd say, "she's really nice. She's on vacation right now. It wasn't until a month later when Penny came back from 'vacation,' that I learned that she was vacating with her husband, who worked in Iraq. And it wasn't until later I found out that Penny's son had died during a battle in Afghanistan, a battle that incurred while her son's battalion were waiting at a Landing Zone after completing their mission. A mission that included taking food to Afghani civilians. And it wasn't until a year later (today), that I found myself visiting Penny's church, and watching with tears as she received a quilt made by some very special women. A quilt made in honor of her son, Phillip. A quilt made with love and care that has been carried and passed from from generation to generation, and from conflict to conflict, since the Civil War. A quilt made for the fallen. I don't know what your plans are for this Fourth of July. I don't even know what my plans are. But I know this: my thoughts and my prayers will be with Penny...and all of those like her...those who have lost the ones they love, while they helped defend, the country that I love. Thank you, Penny. ----- Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. - John 15:13 (ESV) ---------- __________ Whispers is now available in paperback: Purchase your copy: http://www.amazon.com/Whispers-David-Story/dp/1615792643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263831037&sr=8-1 Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |