While I'm at my class this week in Washington, D.C. Bubbles is hitting the road and taking in all the sites. Today, first thing on her list was Arlington National Cemetery, Home of Heros. She wanted to go to section 60. Section 60 is set aside for all those who died in Iraq or Afghanistan. She found out that it is a Jewish custom to leave a stone on a grave to show that person is remember. She had a bag full of stones, about 250 of them. She came back to the hotel without any stones, but her eyes were full of tears. For some reason she was drawn to section 60, maybe to say thanks to all the fallen heros or maybe it was her motherly instinct to look after those that are the same age as our son. What ever it was, she came back to the hotel somewhat changed. In her words..."there, but for the grace of God, go I".
Monday, August 24, 2009
Arlington
While I'm at my class this week in Washington, D.C. Bubbles is hitting the road and taking in all the sites. Today, first thing on her list was Arlington National Cemetery, Home of Heros. She wanted to go to section 60. Section 60 is set aside for all those who died in Iraq or Afghanistan. She found out that it is a Jewish custom to leave a stone on a grave to show that person is remember. She had a bag full of stones, about 250 of them. She came back to the hotel without any stones, but her eyes were full of tears. For some reason she was drawn to section 60, maybe to say thanks to all the fallen heros or maybe it was her motherly instinct to look after those that are the same age as our son. What ever it was, she came back to the hotel somewhat changed. In her words..."there, but for the grace of God, go I".
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