Saturday, September 12, 2009

The end and the beginning

We have come full circle in our trip to honor a great man. And I took
this picture to represent the end of that journey. But something quite
profound happened at the end of this journey.

When I was at Arlington national Cemetery I got a call from one of our
emplyees - Roxana at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Her husband, while on his third
deployment to Iraq, sustained a brain injury from a road side bomb and
was send back to a Warrior Transition Unit. They are struggling to
regain a normal life. Roxana and her husband wondered if their ongoing
journey might help others also struggling to recover.

As a minster and a human, Henry had a laser like focus on serving the
suffering. So while on the phone with Roxana, we resolved to start
another blog dedicated to telling another story of about the jouney to
resilience, recovery and the return to wholeness in mind, body and
spirit.

At fitting beginning to the end of Henry's Yellow Truck Road Trip. See
the next posting for the blog link to "the road to recovery."

Arlington Dedication - Part II

The video is a bit long so comes in two parts. Here is part two.

Arlington Dedication - Part I

The video is a bit long so comes in two parts. Here is part one.

Henry's Grave

Back at Henry's grave at Arlington.

We sprinkled the last bit of dirt taken from here last month and
spread across the country on our road trip.

We put the grass and dirt from his parent's graves in St. Anthony,
Idaho here.

We honored all our ancestors and courageous heros here with a song and
dedication.

See the next video posting for a dynamic view.

The Yellow Truck at Arlington Cemetery

Henry's Yellow Truck is paying a visit to Henry's gravesite at
Arlingtion National Cemetery. He was glad to see it and that it is
being used.