For the sake of others

My friend Jenn, military spouse and mother of two balls of pure energy, welcomed her husband home from deployment last night, yet she still took time to send my this "food for thought."

Cindy Sheehan asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in Iraq?"
Another mother asked a chief of police, "Why did my son have to die in this city as one of your police officers?"
Yet another asked President Kennedy, "Why did my son have to die in Vietnam?"
Yet another mother asked President Truman, "Why did my son have to die in Korea?"
Another mother asked President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "Why did my son have to die at Iwo Jima?"
Another mother asked President Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on a battlefield in France?"
Yet another mother asked President Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg?"
Another mother asked President Washington, "Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge?"
Long, long ago a mother asked, "Heavenly Father, why did my son have to die on a cross outside of Jerusalem?"

The answers to all these are simple -- that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and freedom.

Welcome home Brian, we missed you!