The Power of a Mother's Love

I picked up the phone only to hear the voice of my son's best friend who had recently joined the Navy. Both my husband and I always enjoyed visiting with him and our family has missed having him around, almost as if he were one of our own. As I told him that our son wasn't home, I asked him how he was doing. That's when I started tearing up. I told him that I was sorry but I was just so proud of him and happy that he was doing so well.

While that emotional reaction was still fairly fresh, I found myself tearing up again while half-watching 20/20. They were covering the story about a soldier who was killed in Iraq. The story took a turn when I began listening to the mother's story. She shared how she felt funny one morning, only to discover later that her son had been killed at approximately that moment. As her family dealt with the terrible loss of their son they found themselves looking at photos of her son, Justin, only to discover that these photos in particular had been taken the day before he was killed. In the photos Justin and his comrades were seen holding up puppies that they had found. As shown in the picture below, Justin was enjoying this particular little guy.

That's when his mom got the idea. She wanted the puppy that Justin was seen holding. Most people thought this was impossible. A stray puppy in Iraq. Only a mother would have the faith needed to believe that this little guy could be found. After much pressure, mom got her way and the puppy was rescued from Iraq, brought to the states, and given to Justin's family, where he was christened, Hero. What a perfect ending to a sad story...the power of a mother's love!

If that weren't enough, 20/20, while filming this story, caught this picture of Hero on the back deck - beautiful!



You Know You've Met Her

We've all come across people who send up a "red flag". Often times they amuse for awhile but you soon figure out that you really just need to stay as far away as possible. SNL did a perfume commercial of such a person for which the scent was called, Red Flag. I think that maybe it's based on Elizabeth Taylor's perfume commercial called White Diamonds, too funny!