I last posed with you for a picture at the airport<\/p>\n
177 moon sleeps ago.<\/p>\n
I had to ask for the picture, but there we are in<\/p>\n
our winter coats, time escaping too fast<\/p>\n
my heart racing below the layers because<\/p>\n
for the first time I didn’t know when<\/p>\n
the baby I had born, now a man,<\/p>\n
would return to me.<\/p>\n
A call that few answer to serve and train<\/p>\n
against dangers seen, my son, a Marine,<\/p>\n
taking charge of other mother’s sons and daughters,<\/p>\n
who said yes to “The Few, The Proud,”<\/p>\n
Words etched in our hearts and waking moments.<\/p>\n
So we save the pictures that come\u00a0 –<\/p>\n
a glimpse of\u00a0 purpose, proof of life –<\/p>\n
A sign that destiny is unfurling and a mother<\/p>\n
who had the courage to say “go and be”<\/p>\n
in certain uncertain times<\/p>\n
while she too sleeps under a hopeful moon<\/p>\n
dreaming of the next time she stands, arm around<\/p>\n
her grown child, posing for a moment of proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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