It funny how memories just pop into my mind about Sgt Mom. There were two gestures she performed repeatedly throughout the day as she got deeper into the aging and Alzheimers. The two gestures she never forget and spontaneously did more of were blessing herself and saluting. I cannot tell you how many times a day she blessed herself and saluted whenever the desire took hold. And during the last year of her life, the two gestures seemed to become joined at the hip. She would bless herself immediately followed by a salute or vice versa. She never forgot the two most important gestures of her life, The Sign of the Cross and the Salute. And, then during the last year of her life, she tended to follow the singing of the Marine Hymn with a Sign of the Cross.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:36:27 +0000
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