almost never foward these types of emails out but I thought this was a good little story, probably fake but good none the less
Will you give this to my Daddy?
As a Company, Southwest Airlines is going to support 'Red Fridays.'
Last week I was in Atlanta, Georgia
attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several
people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around
and witness done of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo's. As they began heading to their gate, everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to
their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers,
probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and cheered for, it hit me. I'm
not alone. I'm not the only red-blooded American who still loves this country
and supports our troops and their families. Of course I immediately stopped
and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives
on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without
fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my
country or of our service men and women, a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years
old ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said 'hi.'
The little girl then asked him if he would give something to her daddy for
her. The young soldier, who didn't look any older than maybe twenty-two himself, said
he would try and what did she want to give to her daddy. Then suddenly the
little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug
she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek. The mother of the
little girl, who said her daughter's name was Courtney, told the young soldier
that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the
mom was explaining how much her daughter Courtney missed her father, the
young soldier began to tear up. When this temporarily single mom was done
explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a
brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military-looking
walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and
forth on it. After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier
walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, 'I spoke to your
daddy and he told me to give this to you.' He then hugged this little girl that
he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by
saying "your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is
coming home very soon." The mom at this point was crying almost
uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet, he saluted
Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this
entire event. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their
gate, people resumed their applause. As I stood there applauding and looked
around, there were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young
soldier in one last act of selflessness turned around and blew a kiss to
Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
Hopefully this will bring smile and ters tou you like it did to me!!!!
to all our troops ARMY NAVY AIRFORCE AND MARINES
