The American Flag and Mike

The DRURY home always has an American Flag flying. Why? Well I think our reason are always changing. Depending on what it going on in the USA at the time. Do you remember after 9/11 all the flags you saw flying? People had flags EVERYWHERE-even hanging off the back of their cars and trucks.... But what happened? Oh yes I know, we forget. We forget about things that happen in the past and we go on with our day to day life. I am not in any way condoning this behavior as everyone HAS to move forward. However what I am saying is that we should at least continue to show respect. Have we all forgotten about all the soldiers who have given their life for our freedom in the past years? Maybe so... Until our individual families are affected, we forget and move on.

Kris and I have recently made friends with a man named Mike. Mike has served in the Marines for over 10 years and has been to the middle east 3 times for duty. He is more than likely deploying again in the next couple months to head to the most dangerous place-Afghanistan. Mike is married with 2 young daughters. He comes to our home every Monday night, most times he gets fed dinner, does his laundry and attends our Community Group. Mike is the closest person we know who is fighting for our freedom and a VERY high cost. At this time, Mike is the reason we choose to fly a flag in front of our home. All our love, support and prayers go out to our friend Mike, as well as the thousands of soldiers serving. THANK YOU

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