08-23-2006, 14:13
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A Mystery and Act of Kindness
Several years ago I lost a great dog, Heather, to a heart problem and complicating factors brought about as a result of the Chernobyl fallout that covered the area in which I was assigned at the time. I laid Heather to rest on my property in a secluded spot under some pines and hemlocks because she just loved to sit there and look out over the valley. I had been planting flowers there every spring but this year, because I was not physically able to do what I had done in past years, I just kept it tidy and protected from marauding critters. Today, as I walked around my wooded lot and down by her little site I saw something that brought me to a dead stop. Someone, while I was up walking in the woods, had decorated her grave site with picked flowers. You have to understand how unusual that is as I live in a pretty secluded spot and very few folks even know that she is buried there as her grave marker is low and out of sight from any normal route of ingress onto my property. This picture isn't too great-something seemed to be clouding my vision when I took it.
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08-23-2006, 14:18
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Sweet!
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08-23-2006, 14:24
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Humanity Lives!!! I have to take back 5% of the bad things I say about the granola crunching commies in your area Col Jack.
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08-23-2006, 14:42
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Wow. Thanks for the story and pic, Sir.
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08-23-2006, 15:04
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Nice to hear, Colonel.
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08-23-2006, 15:08
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That's sweet, Colonel. And I got misty eyed over that, too.
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08-23-2006, 16:35
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Jack,
That's great. I suspect the gesture is as much about respect toward you as affection for your dog. Someone took the admonition to "Practice Random Acts of Kindness" to heart.
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Humanity Lives!!! I have to take back 5% of the bad things I say about the granola crunching commies in your area Col Jack.
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FWIW, I've read that the "granola crunching commies" of Vermont have the highest number of troops deployed per capita of all the states and the highest casualty rate.
A guy that lived about halfway between Jack and I, SFC Thomas Stone, was killed in Afghanistan not long ago, he was an Army medic. He was also the sort of free spirit who had literally hiked around the world. IIRC, he wore out twenty three pair of boots doing it. Probably ate granola, too.
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08-23-2006, 16:44
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Hopefully good karma will follow whoever that was that left the flowers. Someone has to win that powerball tonight....might as well be someone with a good heart.
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08-23-2006, 18:17
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Sir, Glad that happened for you both.
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08-23-2006, 18:35
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How very special that someone took the time to do this for you, Sir. The gravesite looks lovingly kept...
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08-23-2006, 19:25
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Thanks Colonel!
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08-23-2006, 20:19
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Thanks for sharing that, Sir.
Glad to hear that someone else loves her.
TR
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08-23-2006, 20:32
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08-24-2006, 03:30
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Col, thanks for sharing your story.
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I suspect the gesture is as much about respect toward you as affection for your dog.
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This was my 1st impression also.
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08-24-2006, 07:07
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Wonderful to see Sir. Hope is not broken!
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