Holiday's Special Friends Remembered !

As the Holiday table is set for family and friends, 
there will be one empty chair.
An empty place setting waiting for a "special friend". 
A man I never met but have come to love. 
Silver bracelets on my wrist representing American hero's. 
Forgotten by so many, but not by me.

The holiday festivities will be full of happiness,
family and friendships. 
I think of the the names on the bracelets, 
long ago burned into my mind and wonder. 
Feeling close but distant. 
Our POW's. 
I gently place them in God's hands.

To their families, mentally a prayer goes out.
Is it a prayer ? I'm not sure. 
I just know that I wish them peace in their hearts. 

A very special woman comes to my mind. 
A POW Mom. 
Another year without very much joy. 
Then a family, a POW wife, we never met, 
but somehow it's as if we had.
What courage, they call her a "Gold Star Mother", 
I call her a hero.

Perhaps this year we will find answers.
How many years will I have to ask this same question ? 
Becoming aware again of the silver bracelets on my wrist. 
Suddenly the simple answer comes to my mind. 
Until the truth is known !

The struggle will continue and the truth will be known. 
In God's hands and in God's time.
(Author, Dave Murray)