A Memorial Day Prayer, 2006

Dear WASP,

I stood in Hangar One at Avenger Field and watched the West Texas sunset. I imagine it is just what you saw so many years ago. I also imagine you too must have felt something special every time you saw it. It is, after all, quite an extraordinary site!

With your permission, on this Memorial Day, I send no news, no fireworks and no 21 gun salute--only a prayer.

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Nancy’s Memorial Day Prayer…2006

Gracious Heavenly Father,

Thank you for this day of remembering. Bless every soul who has gone before who sacrificed everything so that we might be free, and bless all of those who continue to serve.

Thank you most especially for the brave young women pilots who took to the skies over 60 years ago, flying for their country without question or expectation of reward. Thank you for watching over them as they flew during some of the darkest days our country has ever known. Thank you for their honorable service, their fearless determination and their unquestioning patriotism, which has inspired us all to dream dreams we could never have imagined.

Continue to watch over these wonderful women, and surround them with your love. May their laudable history and their exemplary lives continue to inspire generations to come, and may we never forget.

In Jesus name…

amen

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