Comments on: The Wall That Heals http://www.imaybecheap.com/2009/04/the-wall-that-heals/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:05:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Emmy http://www.imaybecheap.com/2009/04/the-wall-that-heals/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Emmy Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:38:36 +0000 http://www.imaybecheap.com/?p=2380#comment-620 I took my sons to see the wall today. To say that it was a moving experience is an understatement. I've been to the original memorial in DC several times, but it was quite a different feeling to be walking the length of it with two children. It puts you in the position of thinking what it it must have felt like for so many mothers who sent their children off never to return. My oldest, who is eight, made it to the end and then started to cry. I think by the end it occurred to him that his grandfather nearly missed being one of those names. A very nice veteran told him he was a real man because he cared and because he showed it. He gave the boys flags and when we left my sons placed them in the ground all on their own. It was well outside of the area where the wall was set up, but I think they knew what it meant. I took my sons to see the wall today. To say that it was a moving experience is an understatement. I’ve been to the original memorial in DC several times, but it was quite a different feeling to be walking the length of it with two children. It puts you in the position of thinking what it it must have felt like for so many mothers who sent their children off never to return. My oldest, who is eight, made it to the end and then started to cry. I think by the end it occurred to him that his grandfather nearly missed being one of those names.

A very nice veteran told him he was a real man because he cared and because he showed it. He gave the boys flags and when we left my sons placed them in the ground all on their own. It was well outside of the area where the wall was set up, but I think they knew what it meant.

]]> By: Emmy http://www.imaybecheap.com/2009/04/the-wall-that-heals/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Emmy Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:11:41 +0000 http://www.imaybecheap.com/?p=2380#comment-612 Just saw a bit about this on the news and apparently the tractor trailer with the wall was in fact the one that passed me. The wall is assembled and will be open at 8 am tomorrow with opening ceremonies at 10 am. Just saw a bit about this on the news and apparently the tractor trailer with the wall was in fact the one that passed me. The wall is assembled and will be open at 8 am tomorrow with opening ceremonies at 10 am.

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