Monday, September 08, 2008

Plea for a fallen soldier

OK first I need to explain what happened in our home recently to cause a plea to ring out for a fallen soldier. Our boys have taken up air soft, they earn money and save up to get the coolest guns money can buy (with a limit of course) and then they go out to the fields and shoot at each other. Sounds like fun right, well they have been storing their guns and ammo (air soft bb's) in their room. The other day Josh was on his bed reading when Ryan decided to point an air soft gun at him. Josh relayed to Ryan that he was enclosed in a non penetratable bubble. Well apparently that's the wrong thing to say to Ryan so as Josh got up and Ryan held his aim Ryan asked Josh as he was leaving if he was still in the bubble, Josh proceeded to push Ryan down as Ryan shot the air soft gun. To Ryan's surprise he hit Josh in the hand causing quite a wound. Well bad choices call for punishment so Ryan lost the privilege of playing with his friends in their next air soft battle. (use the gun unwisely, lose the gun) needless to say all guns and ammo have been moved to the garage. In the meantime our dear friends had quite a conversation over dinner regarding their friend Ryan and his actions and consequences. They gathered around their computer to send out a desperate plea for their fallen soldier. But most importantly they had some very true and important things to say about ME :)
This is a copy of the email I received.......

To the Most Exalted Mrs. Stover;

We bring forth great honor and praise to the most gracious of mothers and a plea for our fallen brother in arms (presently without arms). It was with great sorrow and pain that we learned of the unfortunate affliction of our brother in arms who momentarily lost his mental faculties in a time of extreme duress. Knowing the kindly nature of your wonderful being we now present our case to the oh most gracious one for the release of our incarcerated brother Private Lower Class Ryan Stover.

• A man can only be pushed so far before he breaks under the wave of temptation (see Genesis in the Bible). As with the Great Adam (whose blood he shares) he too has his limits.
• As we learned through the book of Joshua that man must not back down to the unrelenting temptation of the giants (IE. THE BUBBLE) or we run the risk of being shamed before our God.
• We believe our brother actions stem back through his genealogy to the Great Adam and was an act of survival rather than malice.
• As you to share the bloodline of Adam we have trust in your forgiving nature oh most kindest of all mothers on this great and blessed earth that you shall not overburden the yoke of our pour and down trodden brother.

For these and countless other reasons unworthy of your gracious contemplation we rest upon the security of your most gracious, tenderhearted, quick to forgive and greatest of all loving beings that our brother would be released from captivity to partake in the battle at hand on this soon to be day in September in the year of your Ladyship 2008.

Most respectfully submitted,

Brothers in Arms Lamos

3 comments:

Documenter Girl said...
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Documenter Girl said...

Brilliant plea...but I can't help but feeling for the wounded unarmed (unhand) soldier. Urban warfare at close range...hmmm. Bubble boy had a point. Seems like from the time you can bounce a soft ball you hear "no throwing in the house"..."outside please"...While I feel the pain of the fallen soldier Private Ryan, for there is not much worse than for a soldier to be held from battle...but my compassion goes with casualty. Our brave soldier fought with his reasoning skills, and yet was wounded in the safe zone....love to all!

Julie said...

Very creative!