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"RED" is Good! A story for your Heart

Last week I was moving thru the terminal in Atlanta, Georgia . While I as in the airport, there was a group of soldiersin their camos heading for their gate. I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed > one of the greatest acts of patriotism I have ever seen. Everyone (well almost everyone) stood to their feet with their hands waving and cheering. When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded it occurred to 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.

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 she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn't look any older than maybe 22 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 daughters 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 unfolded. 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. We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it's good to be an American.

RED FRIDAYS ----- Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the "silent majority". We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers.

that was so selfless for that soldier to do that for that little girl and her mom.

Damn, you are going to make me cry.

Looks like I will have to invest in some red clothing or accessories. Perhaps I will just let my head get sunburned a really bright shade of red.

No, please don't burn one little inch of that cute little head.. I have several gentlemen who are bald or balding and that just wouldn't do to harm those craniums...

Awesome story....Red Fridays for me....

I'll remember Red Friday

One reason I wear a ballcap

I have just the shirt to wear

for you beautiful

That gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing this