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SJ, I'm going to have to hold off on listening to the song for awhile, after Memorial Day. I couldn't even get through the article to the song. I have no idea right now, how I'm going to get through the Memorial Day Services.

SJ, thanks for sharing and for reminding us another face of reality which must not be forgotten. The song managed to bring tears to my eyes. I so feel for the fallen and for those whom they leave behind. I always pray that, perhaps, some day, all this agony may cease in some way ... it's only a dream, I know, but I always pray.

Very moving. It really got me when the pipes and drums came in. So very Nova Scotian. When he got back from his stint in Afghanistan last year, my brother (a Canadian Air Force major, currently with CEFCOM in Ottawa) was for several months the designated person who got the phone call from Kandahar if any Canadians were killed there and was responsible for setting in motion the process of locating and notifying the soldiers' families. Apparently all regular telephone and email communication from the base in Kandahar is stopped until familes are notified. I know my brother would especially appreciate this song. I have infinite respect for all soldiers who make the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

It's an incredibly beautiful and moving song, SJ - I'm crying as I write this. Lborgia- your brother must have been a very trusted person to have been given tht role - probably the most important and yet the hardest any person in an army would have to do.

[i]Originally posted by Madilayn[/i Lborgia- your brother must have been a very trusted person to have been given tht role - probably the most important and yet the hardest any person in an army would have to do.

Can't say it better.

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