Camouflage and Christmas Lights...

Hey everyone,

I normally don't post on Sundays, but today I wanted to thank GOD and send up a special song and prayer.  TODAY my cousin will set foot on US soil for the first time in year since he was deployed to Iraq.  Today he will hug his wife and his two boys and that is A MIRACLE.  On Christmas Day he'll be reunited with his Mother, Father, Sister...it's just A MIRACLE.  We are a very close family and I am just so happy to be posting this today.

I just wanted to thank our SOLDIERS and also the people that do so much for them to volunteer, boost morale, send care packages, etc.   My cousin has a picture on his Facebook page of him and some other soldiers smiling from ear to ear because someone sent them a huge box of Girl Scout cookies.  So whether you've sent a card, a box of cookies, or even just said a PRAYER, I thank you today as the PROUD cousin of a US Army Soldier who is returning home today.  WHAT A BLESSING!

Yesterday I was up in my stamp loft listening to the radio and a song came on by Rodney Carrington called "Camouflage and Christmas Lights".   It couldn't have touched my heart at a more appropriate time and I wanted to share it with you in honor of all the brave soldiers who aren't as lucky to be coming home this week:

Another Year has come and gone,
And I'm still here holdin' on,
To this rifle and a picture of my kids,
They're sayin' its a holiday,
Sure as hell don't feel that way,
I don't think Jesus meant for it to be like this.

A paper star on a plastic tree
Cotton snow in a manger scene
We do the best we can to make it feel like home.
Turkey dinner on paper plates
Sargent bows his head to pray
Boombox playin' silent night
Camouflage and Christmas Lights.

There probably up on the hill by now
Bundled up and sleddin' down
Catchin' snowflakes on the edge of their tongues
Standin' up at the top would be
The prettiest girl I've ever seen
Whispering a quiet prayer for all of us.

A paper star on a plastic tree
Cotton snow in a manger scene
We do the best we can to make it feel like home.
Turkey dinner on paper plates
Sargent bows his head to pray
Boombox playin' silent night
Camouflage and Christmas Lights.

Some say I'm a hero
But I'm just a Dad
Who's trying to protect
The most precious thing I have
Someday I'll be home again
And our world will be right
But for tonight

A paper star on a plastic tree
Cotton snow in a manger scene
We do the best we can to make it feel like home.
Turkey dinner on paper plates
Sargent bows his head to pray
Thank God it's a silent night
Camouflage and Christmas Lights.

Much love...and GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!!

Jessica :)