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MY MIRACLE

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AIN'T NO ROCK

20/20 Vision

PROTECTING OUR BLINDSIDE

HE CHOOSE ME

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BLIND MEN

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MY FATHER ONCE TOLD ME

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~+~IN MEMORANDUM~+~

He brought home a dented helmet
And a rifle from Japan...
A few ribbons and some medals...
Placed them all within my hand.
 
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With a far off look within his eyes
He began his story...
A sobering saga of survival...
The fear, the prayers, the glory.
 
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He spoke about an army buddy...
His voice rose, oh, so strong
To praise this wartime warrior...
To tell us what went on.
 
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Buddy pulled him from a burning jeep
While bombs burst all around...
While shots and shells were screaming
On that blood stained battle ground!
 
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Buddy watched out for my father.
He always had his back.
When the enemy ambushed the camp
Buddy answered the attack.
 
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I guess he never saw the one
Who sneaked up from behind.
My father saved his buddy's life,
But he couldn't save his mind.
 
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The story went that Buddy cracked
From the stress and strain of war.
They awarded him a plane ride home...
Gave my father a bronze star.
 
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Yes, my father did once tell me
He'd heard his country's call...
Said friendships formed on battle fields
Were the best friendships of all.
 
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He said men laid down their lives
Just to save their fellow man.
He reminded me of Jesus Christ...
Of God's sacrificial plan.
 
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He once taught me just how sacred
God meant friendship to be.
To have a friend is to be a friend...
Or so my father once told me.
 
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In Loving Memory Of All Fallen Heroes,
Doris Jacobs-Covington
May 28, 2010
 
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"This is my commandment, That you love
one another, as I have loved you.

Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends."
John 15:12-13

 "A young Ish Covington while serving his country."
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