We Give You Our Son

 

 

We hugged him as a boy.

And through the years he has become

our greatest pride and joy.  We love him more than we can say,

his life more precious than our own.  But gone are the

whims and notions of the little boy that we have known.

For the years have passed so quickly

since the time it all began, and now he stands before us

with the convictions of a man.  He wants to serve his country

he states aloud with pride, and we try to sort out the emotions

that we are feeling deep inside.  A union of the uncertain fear,

which we cannot control, and the allegiance that lies deep within our patriotic souls.  We trust that our years of guidance

will serve as a strong foundation as he performs the

duties requested from his beloved nation.

God, please guide him as he travels

to the places our Soldiers have bled,

and walk with him through pathways where those

heroes' feet have tread.  Oh, Sweet Land of Liberty,

humbly we give you our son, praying you'll return him

safely home when his work for you is done.

 

(Adapted from an unknown author on the day Seth left for Afghanistan for a 9 month deployment.)