I will be gone tomorrow, so I am posting this now. I hope for us all to remember that freedom is not free. Below are a couple of scrapbook pages that I made about our son Benjamin, who died in Iraq on Christmas Eve, 2003.
FREEDOM
Main Entry:freeˇdom
Pronunciation:\ˈfrē-dəm\
Function:noun
Date:before 12th century
1: the quality or state of being free: as a: the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action b: liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another : independence c: the quality or state of being exempt or released usually from something onerous
d: ease, facility e: the quality of being frank, open, or outspoken f: improper familiarity g: boldness of conception or execution h: unrestricted use
Ben with family
Ben was helping to rebuild Iraqi schools
For your tomorrow, we gave our today....
We love and miss you Ben