{"id":19785,"date":"2023-07-12T00:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T00:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=19785"},"modified":"2023-07-11T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:58:16","slug":"the-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/12\/the-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SOLDIER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bryce Angell – The outdoors has always been a large part of my life. My father was an outfitter and guide for 35 years and I was there to shoe and care for the horses and help him do the cooking. We took many great trips into the Yellowstone area. Even now that I\u2019m older, we still ride into the Tetons, Yellowstone and surrounding areas. My poems are mostly of personal experience. I am now retired and enjoying life to the fullest. I plan to do more riding and writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While sitting in the airport, I glanced up to look around. That\u2019s when I saw him take a seat. A GI duty-bound.<\/p>\n

The soldier sat there almost catatonic in his chair. He did not say a word. His eyes were fixed hard in a stare.<\/p>\n

His black hair trimmed back short; the uniform was neatly pressed. He looked sharper than a preacher all decked out in Sunday best.<\/p>\n

So, I mustered up the courage, then I offered my handshake. The soldier gripped my hand. For sure this man was no cupcake.<\/p>\n

I thanked him for his service, his defense of liberty. He said, \u201cOur country needs good men. It might as well be me.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said his aged grandpa, who had just turned ninety-five, had flown a plane in World War II, barely made it home alive.<\/p>\n

His grandpa was his mentor. I\u2019d say hero says it best. The young man now turned soldier standing out from all the rest.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He said each time he left his home his heart would break to bits. Then told me he had two more years before he\u2019d call it quits.<\/p>\n

So, I asked him \u2018bout his family. Has a wife and two young sons. He said his boys think Daddy is away out shooting guns.<\/p>\n

When a lady with the microphone then called the soldier\u2019s name. He said, \u201cI better get on board.\u201d He thanked me just the same.<\/p>\n

He rose up from his chair. We stood there looking face to face. That day I\u2019d met a soldier who deserved our God\u2019s pure grace.<\/p>\n

I watched him board the airplane. Nearly took my breath away, just knowing that this selfless man represents the USA.<\/p>\n

What kind of man will risk his life to keep us safe and free, who doesn\u2019t flaunt his good deeds or claim celebrity.<\/p>\n

Our soldiers, men or women, sure could use a prayer or two. If you haven\u2019t bent a knee, then for the soldier, try bending two.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For those who\u2019ve served our country and to soldiers who were slain. Let\u2019s not forget our veterans. They did not serve in vain!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While sitting in the airport, I glanced up to look around. That\u2019s when I saw him take a seat. A GI duty-bound. The soldier sat there almost catatonic in his chair. He did not say a word. His eyes were fixed hard in a stare. His black hair trimmed back short; the uniform was neatly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cowboy-poetry","7":"category-commentary"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19787,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19785\/revisions\/19787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}