Brotherhood

Yes, I realize the pics are grainy. Dada has a new camera and these pics were taken with his digital camera. Why are they like this? Curses I say.

I think Alder is telling King King in the first picture the "rules" about watching videos on the couch. In the second picture, it is quite clear that King King is just excited to be sitting there with his big brother.

Oh how my cup overflows.

Speaking of brotherhood...

Jared and I finished watching a documentary called "Brothers at War." The movie is moving, emotional and real. It is not left or right, for war or against, it is not a war film.  This film is about the lives of American soldiers fighting on the ground in Iraq.  It was refreshing to see a movie that was so raw with honesty. Sometimes I feel as though our poor soldiers that serve now are being subject to the same treatment of those who were coming back from Vietnam. I know soldiers are not having to take off their uniforms in the airport bathrooms upon arrival back into the States to avoid being spit on, but I feel like our soldiers are grossly under appreciated.

Recently the National Guard in our small town was being deployed to Iraq. We went as a family to "send them off," shake their hands, say thank you, and show our support. It was incredibly emotional. There were mothers and fathers saying goodbye to their small children. There were lots of tears.

Why did our whole town not line the road as the 2101st company left town on their way to defend our country? 

Where is our patriotism? We don't even have an American flag on our house. 

Our mayor shared these words at the ceremony. 

“A few weeks ago, a group of boys from this town put on a uniform in Tuscaloosa and brought home a trophy. A couple days ago, a few more boys from here put on a uniform in Pasadena and brought home another trophy,” Grayson said, referring to Demopolis High School’s 5A state championship, won at the Tuscaloosa-hosted Super 6 Championship, and the University of Alabama’s win in the BCS National Championship game Thursday.
“And we realize that because of the uniform you wear, we are able to play these games and do these things, and we appreciate you, and you need to remember that,” he said. 

I get to take pictures of my sweet boys because of those men and women.