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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Bring Them Home Now Tour Update</STRONG>
<BR> 'Swan Song'
<P> Tuesday 13 September 2005
<P> As I walked in that hot Crawford ditch August 6th, I
sensed the cartilage rip in my left knee. By the time we reached Detroit I
couldn't bear my weight on it. I had to leave the tour and return home. I'll
need surgical repair of tear, scheduled for next week. I envisage myself
temporarily 'in the stands' for a short time, and remain anxious to get back 'on
the court'!
<P> Secondly, my son in law, currently stationed just
south of the Syrian-Iraq border checked in last week to say it would be a few
weeks before he could call home again. Now I understand why. The media reports
some sort of insurgent movement into Iraq along that border. Communication shuts
down when a soldier is killed until the family is officially notified by the DoD
so I owe my daughter the support she needs right now, and hopefully it will be
only a matter of time until we hear from him again. Meanwhile, Dakota, my only
grandchild doesn't know her father's face.
<P> I addressed a crowd at a short stop in Highland,
Indiana at the war Veteran's memorial. It was here I realized the true
importance of this tour.
<P> Anna, a 72 year old woman sat in front of me. Her son
was killed in Vietnam 32 years ago. Today, Anna would join Gold Star Families
for Peace. For a brief moment we embraced, and Anna whispered to me as we wept.
<P> "I'm so sorry I've been silent for such a long time."
<P> "No regrets, Anna. We 'arrive' when we 'arrive' ", I
told her, and met Anna's eyes through my tears. I then thanked her for the
courage to finally speak the truth which I know for her, as for all of us, is
very hard to do. I promised her I would keep speaking out if she would!
<P> For now, I leave with this memorized quote from
George Bernard Shaw. It forever echoes what remains in my heart.
<P> "This is the true joy in life- the being used for a
purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one: The "being" a force of nature
instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances,
complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy."
<P> "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the
whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever
I can."
<P> "I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the
harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for it's own sake."
<P> "Life is no brief candle to me; it is a sort of
splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it
burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations."
<P> Duty calls. Won't you join me and Anna?
<P> In gratitude and service to humanity,
<BR> Sherry Glover <BR> MFSO
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