Friday, February 27, 2009

Attention!!!

My good friend, Capt Linda Bass, has been close by at Fort Hood the last few months preparing to deploy to Iraq. Linda and I met online through a support group for Gold Star Siblings, as we both lost our brothers in Iraq. Her brother, Rich, was KIA in 2006, and David and I stopped to meet Linda in Alabama on our Freedom Journey. We've been close friends ever since! I was so honored that she asked me to attend her Deployment Ceremony this week! After the ceremony, we drove around the base to look at several of the Memorials there. We were able to find the name of the brother to our friend Chad on one of the Memorials. His brother, Ian, was KIA in 2006.
Please say prayers for the safety of Linda and all the other selfless Americans serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan.






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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Super Bowl

Every year, our family gets together for Super Bowl. We don't always really care which teams are playing, but it's a good excuse to BBQ - and David was dying to break in his new smoker!
Byron was always probably the biggest football fan in the family, so one of his best friends, Scott Richter, has started a tradition of watching Super Bowl with us. We watched the game for most of the evening, then it was time for Guitar Hero!!!

Jaxson and Scott









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Freedom Journey


In December of 2006, just 2 years after Byron died in Iraq, we decided to take a "Freedom Journey." We spent 3weeks on a road trip through the eastern US - from Austin east to Savannah, then all the way north to New England, and back a little inland to Texas. We traveled over 6000 miles in an effort to see our beautiful country and understand what Byron sacrificed his life for. We drove scenic routes, through small towns and big cities, stopping at places that held history in shaping our nation. We stopped at Veteran's Memorials, National Cemeteries, historical monuments and some of the most beautiful places in America. In each place, we left a "Freedom Rock," a smooth stone that had Byron's name and KIA date on one side, and said "Freedom Isn't Free" on the other. It was our way of taking Byron with us and leaving a bit of him in each special place. This experience was so healing for us, and truly one of the most memorable and special events of our entire lives. Here are our favorite pictures from the Freedom Journey.