Friday, November 11, 2011

A TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAVE SERVED AND DO SERVE

WRITTEN BY MY MOM:
 












MY SONS, 1944

'Neath a tall stately maple's shade,
Plans for a glowing future were laid;
As two small boys on bended knees,
Worked with small trucks as busy as bees.

The sun glistened on gold and coppery hair,
God's benediction--they happily knelt there.
Now, clad in Uncle Sam's Navy Blue,
Their future plans changed, for me and for you.

They dream of small brother
And curly-haired sister,
In peace 'neath the maples
And home--a far vista.

We pray we prove worthy of love given thus,
By our sons and their comrades for each one of us.
May God speed them home again safe over the blue,
These dear ones of ours, so staunch and so true.

-S. OlIa G. Libby-