Craig Anderson – 3/14/09

                Words are not enough for what you did for our son Craig! The weather wasn’t the best-raining but we needed it and I remember the words “Gods tears of Joy” at another ride so that is what I saw that day. Craig was so hoping to see you all while he was home from his 15 month deployment so you can believe me he was very surprised to find out the ride was for him. I think he thought we were stopping by at the Junior High in hopes of getting you all to come to the FLC where it was inside and out of the rain! He was even more surprised when he got to ride with Tracy!!! I haven’t seen my son smile much since he had been back but then I didn’t get to see him much either and you made him SMILE and for that also I will be forever grateful. At the FLC he was really taken by what you did at the end. He told me he had gotten word while he was in Kuwait that one of his ‘buddies’ got killed. What tore him up was he was unable to return for the service they hold for all fallen soldiers. When you told him you knew and played taps that was when he was given closure. You have no idea what that meant to him. He told me what they do when there is a fallen soldier and what those services mean to the other soldiers left to go on and see the mission through. He used his name and told me during formation they do role call-they call out the fallen soldier’s name 3 times adding something each time, after the third there is silence. You do so much more for all of us families than you will ever know. I THANK YOU for giving back to my son the closure he so needed and for giving him the chance to SMILE. It’s hard coming home after a deployment and what you all do for our soldiers is just what they need and you always know what to do for each one. May God always shine down on all of you and bless you.

Mark and Debra Anderson