Tag: Heroes

Esther’s Mom

Linny Saunders34 Comments

A couple of years ago I met a new friend through the blog world. Her name: Jenny Groothuis Jenny had watched the video I had posted advocating for a home for  sweet Esther {do you remember Esther? Many of you prayed for a family for Esther!} and Jenny and her husband Brad wanted Esther to…

Single Heroes

Linny Saunders10 Comments

The bossman has been gone for 42 days at the moment.   We are doing well, but admittedly some days just seem so much longer than others.   Dw has traveled lots throughout our marriage –  usually doing missions around the world, speaking at Pastor’s Conferences  or serving on the Executive Board for the denomination we…

Oh How I Miss Him…

Linny Saunders24 Comments

When he was about six or seven years old we  stood talking in the kitchen…. just mom and son.   Suddenly he turned to me with the most serious expression and without hesitation announced,  “Someday I’m going to be in the army mommy.   It will be my way of thanking the United States for…

It’s His 8th One

Linny Saunders29 Comments

When he joined,  we secretly hoped the four years would quickly pass and home he would come. And somewhere in there someone in the know told  Dw and I “it will get easier with each depl*yment”. Those words are actually the farthest  from the truth, this being his 8th one, trust me in this… there…

20 Years Ago Today…

Linny Saunders10 Comments

Twenty years ago today started out to be an average Thursday in  August.  We were pastoring in Virginia, living on 21 acres of rolling countryside in a home we had just built.  Abi was 10, Tyler was 7, Autumn nearly 4 and Emma was just 5-1/2 weeks old. I remember as I showered that morning,…

Honoring 19 Fallen Heroes

Linny Saunders15 Comments

Today the hearses carrying the 19 hotshots from Granite Mountain, Arizona were moved from the Phoenix coroner’s office  to their home near Prescott {northwest of Phoenix}.    The kids and I had the privilege  of standing on the roadside and  honoring these fallen heroes. As we drove the I-17 highway looking for a spot to…

they valued liberty more

Linny Saunders7 Comments

Happy 4th of July from miss Ruby Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.  Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.  Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;  another had…

Heroes and Cereal

Linny Saunders23 Comments

Once upon a time a silver-haired mom knew a hero up close. For real. He was loyal and strong and so very courageous. The mom and hero were very close and had spent years laughing together as the hero had grown. As the days passed, the hero’s life calling would eventually take him far away…

Just Feel Like Remembering….

Linny Saunders9 Comments

During our fire, four years ago, our photo albums were heavily destroyed  by soot and smoke and heat.   We hung onto them, even though they are stinky and damaged,  because of the sentimental value of them.   There was no way I could part with them, no matter how the damage.   Yesterday, before…

We Wait…

Linny Saunders14 Comments

We can’t forget. Ever. The numbers are staggering: 2.7+ million either killed in combat or wounded. And so it is why the tone in our home is a bit sober today. We know the sacrifices closer than most. We know the feeling of having a precious one so far away,  daily in harms way. We…