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Title: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Mudd on September 12, 2015, 08:29:00 PM

This will be the 1st time in years that I will miss opening day here in Missouri.

Here's my excuse.

I was honored to be selected to join other WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam veterans via the Central Missouri Honor Flight to make the trip to Washington DC.

I hope to gain something from making this trip.

I sat on the paperwork for almost 5 years because I wasn't confident I could handle standing at the wall.

I guess the only way I can make this hunting related is to give the reason why I wouldn't be there for "Opener".

God bless, Mudd

PS: Administrators I will understand if this gets pulled.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Sam McMichael on September 12, 2015, 08:33:00 PM

Mudd, some things are so important that missing opening day is o.k. Congratulations on making the trip. Thanks to you and all the other people who have protected our freedom so we could sit in the stand this morning.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: BAK on September 12, 2015, 08:38:00 PM

Mudd, standing at that wall is damn tuff but worth it.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Stump73 on September 12, 2015, 08:42:00 PM

Thanks Mudd for serving or country!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: tracker12 on September 12, 2015, 08:53:00 PM

Ws able to take father (WWII) veteran before he passed way.  It was a very nice trip and very moving for him.  I live in the D.C area and they do a great job bring the vets in.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Eric Sprick on September 12, 2015, 08:56:00 PM

Thanks for your service! Enjoy the trip, you earned it

Eric

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: VA Elite on September 12, 2015, 09:36:00 PM

I have been to the wall a few times. it's a short drive for me. it tAkes my breath away each time. my late grandfather stormed Normandy and lived to tell it. amazing generation they are. God bless!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Tom on September 13, 2015, 06:27:00 AM

Mudd, I made the trip in '99 and although I haven't been back it was worth every minute. Emotions will come forth that have been bottled up for decades when you see your lost brothers etched on the wall.Welcome Home,brother.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Chad Orde on September 13, 2015, 06:50:00 AM

God Bess Mud thanks for your service you are why we get an opening day!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on September 13, 2015, 07:44:00 AM

Thank you for your Service Roy, I hope the trip is a good one!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Tom Mussatto on September 13, 2015, 04:32:00 PM

Mudd, can't think of a better reason to miss an opening day. The season is long. While there I lost friends and when the traveling memorial came to Jacksonville we spent some time there. For those who are unable to make the trip to D.C this is a good alternative.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgBf-QKS1N0

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: fmscan on September 13, 2015, 04:40:00 PM

Glad you are going Mudd... I think you will be happy you went too.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: centaur on September 13, 2015, 04:48:00 PM

Mudd, I have been to the Wall twice, and made way too many rubbings. Very emotional, but worth the trip. I would say enjoy your trip, but that isn't quite the right word.
Welcome Home.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Green on September 13, 2015, 05:10:00 PM

God Bless you for your service Roy!  I hope the trip is all that you want it to be.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: on September 13, 2015, 06:08:00 PM

Thanks for your service, Roy! You can just put a deer I. Your freezer the following weekend!

Bisch

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Izzy on September 13, 2015, 07:02:00 PM

You fellas deserve every drop of positive reward available. Hope the trip served you well. I feel fortunate to escort those gentleman into the airport quite frequently at work.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Kevin Hansen on September 13, 2015, 07:17:00 PM

Glad to hear you are making the trip, Mudd!
Thanks for your service, and please report back with your thoughts.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Owlgrowler on September 13, 2015, 07:40:00 PM

Thanks Mudd

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: woodchucker on September 14, 2015, 03:46:00 PM

Thank You, for "Being There" Brother Mudd!!!!!    :notworthy:  

Sometimes it's hard... To stand, Think back, and remember the past. In the end, it seems to make us stronger. Enjoy your trip!!!

May the Great One watch over you My Brother...

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: DennyK on September 14, 2015, 07:37:00 PM

Thank you for your service Roy! Have a safe trip.
God Bless!


Denny

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Homebru on September 15, 2015, 08:40:00 AM

Thank you for your service, Mudd.  God bless.
homebru

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Mudd on September 16, 2015, 10:03:00 AM

If there are any among you that are eligible for this experience.

Please embrace it and allow the experience to do it's work.

You may be that other person that someone needs to help with healing or you might be one who needs the healing, neither one happens if you aren't there.

Your life most likely will be altered for the "better".(mine was/is)

Thank you all for the support I received from you right here.

God bless,Mudd

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Bill Turner on September 16, 2015, 01:38:00 PM

You'll be glad you went. Put the demons behind you my friend. Thanks for your service and good hunting upon your return.   :notworthy:

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: soap creek on September 16, 2015, 05:14:00 PM

Thank you for your service. I'm honored to call my friend Mudd. Good luck to you on your trip.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Mudd on September 17, 2015, 09:15:00 AM

Let me see if I can summarize my life over the last 36 hrs.

I made it a point to share in "real time" the events as they occurred on the 35th flight of "Central Missouri Honor Flight".

I have now been awake long enough to reflect back on our whirlwind tour.

I can not speak for other veterans in our group but for me it turned into a "life altering event"

I got the application to participate in an "Honor Flight" about 5 years ago but just wasn't sure I was ready so I delayed turning it in until earlier this year.

I know that God's timing is and always will be "perfect" and this experience was no exception to that "truth".

Before I could have never put my finger on what "my problem" was other than the experience of having served in Vietnam and all of the negative stuff that accompanied that experience.

This trip and finally facing some things that I absolutely dreaded brought me to a place of healing, something I did not even believe was possible.

I thought the past was just that "the past" and nothing could be done about that. Well that's only a partial truth, and reality is... there's no such thing as a "partial truth", it is either "truth" or it's a lie.

Looking back, I am now proud of the fact that I finally came face to face with "The Wall". While standing there feeling as if I was going to be overwhelmed by it..... a fellow veteran(a guardian from the "Red bus") came alongside me and we started a conversation that brought my truth to light. I had spent years feeling guilty for surviving while all of the men and women who belonged to names on this wall did not.

After having my eyes opened by a simple question from my new friend finally allowed me to see the "Wall" for what it was... a tribute to those veterans who had lost their lives in service to our country... I now know that not one of those whose name appears on the "Wall" would want me to feel badly for being able to stand there before them.

Life changing way of seeing and thinking about their monument.

I give God the thanks for His leading, timing, and healing.

I also thank all the veterans who were on this special trip and the Central Missouri Honor flight team.

God bless,Mudd

PS: Hunt hard - Hunt safe!!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: RC on September 17, 2015, 02:53:00 PM

Love ya Brother Mudd. Thanks for your service to Country and more for you service in Christ. RC

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Kevin Hansen on September 17, 2015, 07:44:00 PM

Thanks for sharing, Mudd...

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Steve Jr on September 17, 2015, 09:10:00 PM

Thank you for your service Roy you are a fine role model for all.

God bless brother,

Steve

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Rick Butler on September 17, 2015, 09:17:00 PM

God bless you Roy and thank-you for your service.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Pheonixarcher on September 18, 2015, 06:04:00 AM

:notworthy:       :pray:    
I'm not sure a simple "Thank You" can fully express my gratitude. God bless you, and all of the men and women who have/had the courage to sacrifice their lives for their fellow Americans.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Shilohcs on September 18, 2015, 06:06:00 AM

Thanks for sharing. You have more to teach yhan you know, and we have more to learn than we know.

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Green on September 18, 2015, 06:56:00 AM

Quote

Originally posted by RC:
Love ya Brother Mudd. Thanks for your service to Country and more for you service in Christ. RC

RC says it all right here.  Maybe next time, you'll be "that new friend".  God Bless you Roy!

Title: Re: I won't be able to make "Opening day"....(Worthwhile)
Post by: Slickhead on September 18, 2015, 08:38:00 AM

" All gave some, Some gave all"