Shelle Michaels said: August 12, 2009 2:28 am PST
I am in North Dakota and can not personally attend this event this year. I am in another run that very day locally, so I will combine my efforts and exert energy towards both. While I will think about all those that have shed their blood for my freedom, and all the families left behind to carry on their legacy, my thoughts will wander to 1 Lt. Roslyn Schulte- who died in May 2009. She was my Soldiers' Angels Ladies of Liberty hero- she was the first female from the AFA to die in combat. She never had the chance to have children, her boyfriend had just purchased the engagement ring to propose to her-- but never got to. I will run for my friend Eileen Goodiron; passionately in love with Nathan who died on Thanksgiving 2006. The smiling faces of Alex and Jolie-- their daddy hero dying so they could be free. I will take a moment to reflect upon all that have given so very much-- so that we can be BE all that we can be. Thank you to the families.