Comments for When Are You Coming Home?

When Are You Coming Home?

2007-01-14T13:04:00Z

Like the one above, this post is musical, too... but in an enitrely different direction. So, in case you missed it when Hook posted it...

Heather recorded the song, written by her mother, as a Christmas gift to her brother, Shaun Martin, a 22-year-old who is among 140,000 U.S. troops in Iraq this holiday season. The oldest of Cindy and Bob Martin's four sons joined the Army in 2004 after a year at Cameron University.

When Heather, a precocious, blond first-grader, learned that her "biggest" brother wouldn't be home for Christmas, she gasped, then burst into tears, Mrs. Martin said.

That spurred Mrs. Martin to finish lyrics to a song she had been toying with and add the music.

Warning! The following may cause excessive sweating of the eyeballs:

Comment from joated on 2007-01-15

2007-01-15T20:55:32Z

Lovely, the little lady does a great job.

Comment from afsister on 2007-01-14

2007-01-15T03:53:32Z

*gulp* i can't hardly see to type, much less talk right now. the part that got me the most? when she said "maybe we can go get some ice cream, but it really doesn't matter what we do" yeah. she gets it. she's learned a valuable lesson- it doesn't matter what you're doing with the ones you love... what matters is that you're together.

Comment from PJ on 2007-01-14

2007-01-15T03:21:39Z

I had to link to this on my blog, hope you don't mind. This is something the wingnuts and moonbats will never understand. Beautiful. Thanks,

Comment from Mike Lehnherr on 2007-01-14

2007-01-14T20:41:17Z

Dammit, John - good thing I can type, because I surely couldn't speak past the watermelon in my throat. Isn't it strange - a six-year old gets it, but the senator from California doesn't have a clue. Go figure. ML

Comment from Oculoexudative Boquisucio on 2007-01-14

2007-01-14T14:59:02Z

I really must clean my socks. Upon watching that clip, and by pure coincidence I must add... Their pungency caused my conjunctiva to dry-up so fast that my lachrymal glands began to exudate profusely - Great post.