Comments on: An Autumn Night……. https://projectamericarun.com/123/ Wed, 02 Jul 2014 14:03:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Jackie https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-439 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 02:46:17 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-439 Mike,
Thank you for this post. My heart goes out to this mother, her loss is immeasurable. It is so sad to hear stories like this the tragic out come of a young soldier driven to despair by those who should have been looking out for him. Isn’t the real enemy of war hard enough to fight against, without the need to fight against the maltreatment of your fellow soldiers?
Jackie

]]> By: Shavon (Keiffer's Aunt) https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-438 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:31:29 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-438 Keiffer also left behind a loving father-Shane, a brother-Shannon and a sister-Tabitha. A single mother and a single father lost a very precious, happy-go-lucky child who became a man when he enlisted in the Army. To know you are out there placing flags for all of these Soldiers is an honorable thing. Keiffer should be here today to see it for himself. This was one young man who shouldn’t have lost his life for the reason that he did!!

]]> By: Lori https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-437 Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:46:11 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-437 Written about your journey by one of my Veteran Brothers that served in Nam, thought you might like to read what he posted on our Open Door site for all military,

At The Remains

Of one life’s journey

One can see the start

Of a new one

That has begun

Leaving a flag behind

To stand for the loss

Of another one

From one coast

To reach the other one

One flag every mile

To just how many

Of ours are gone

All not in protest

But for the honor

Of them one and all

Starting at the remains

Of a ship from the ocean

That has crashed ashore

Never to be afloat anymore

One can now get to see

One flag standing of a name

That has now gone

One life one mile at a time

From shore to shining shore

To honor those who were lost at War

By a warrior who needed to do more

Then just coming home

To honor those who never

Made it home on their own

Their brother has begun

Written By

R.C.Keckler

05/18/10

]]> By: desiree https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-436 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:29:50 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-436 this one should stop everyone in their tracks as they read this very tragic and sadly enough to say, real story of a life lost in the most horrible of ways. I am so sorry that this young man reached this point and felt no one cared enough for him for him to want to live and do what he so wanted to do. I will never understand the brutal things that are done such as this and my heart hurts so much for his mom as her son is gone forever and the ones doing this will just live on. Thanks for giving us something to read that makes us realize that there are more things to these wonderful people’s lives in our military than we can begin to realize. Your journey is coming towards those end days and i know these lives have made you a very different and stronger person Mike….so happy to have seen you in Indiana…..hugs,
des

]]> By: kathe https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-435 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:28:41 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-435 mike,
as i told you i look at the blogs but usually do not read them because its to hard right now, so many families hurting and young lives gone. But when i seen the willard post i had to read it. it is a beautifull blog… i cried the whole way through, but still beautifull. thank you for visiting and showing the families a little piece of my baby.

]]> By: Lori https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-434 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:22:13 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-434 This is one of the hardest posts to read.
Since I write to the soldiers and know
of some who have either taken a bullet
so they did not have to return home,
Self inflicted, or stepping into Harms Way
deliberately.Others who
through drugs and counseling while in Iraq
who did make it home and still struggle today.

And all I am left with is a heart that bleeds for the Family’s
and so many Why’s and How can we change things.
As I post their names on Price of Freedom

]]> By: Ellie Lizotte https://projectamericarun.com/123/#comment-433 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:45:06 +0000 http://projectamericarun.wordpress.com/?p=123#comment-433 Mike..
My heart aches for Kathe. I am grateful that you entered this story on your blog. It will help us understand what men and women confront while having good intentions of honoring their country. Keifer will have a special place in our hearts. I, too, feel that he is there with his mother..watching over her. Your light shines brighter than the sun, Mike. Stay safe…..ellie

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