It was just one of those arbitrary feeds I got on Facebook.\u00a0 But this one stopped me cold. It was an advert for a gift that would be a grandparent type of gift.\u00a0 A simple key chain, with a \u201cdog tag\u201d message attached, \u201cI can\u2019t promise I\u2019ll be here for the rest of your life.\u00a0 But I can promise that I\u2019ll love you for the rest of mine.\u201d\u00a0 There were more words. But it\u2019s the concluding sentence\u2026 \u201cAlways remember whose grandson you are.\u201d\u00a0 For you who know Disney, it’s very \u201cLion-Kingesque\u201d. Or, even without the Lion King reference,\u00a0 maybe you are just blessed to be descended from Sophie Fleischner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am drawn to other images, far apart from Mommie Soph making \u00a0potato latkes and lighting Sabbath candles with my Mother on Friday nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s from the film \u201cSaving Private Ryan.\u201d The aged Ryan with his family returns to the resting place near the battle grounds in France, to the graveside of the Captain who saved his life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel coming back here. Every day I think about what you said to me that day on the bridge [earn this]. I tried to live my life the best that I could. I hope that was enough. I hope that, at least in your eyes, I’ve earned what all of you have done for me\u2026 Tell me I have led a good life\u2026 Tell me I’m a good man.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was just one of those arbitrary feeds I got on Facebook.\u00a0 But this one stopped me cold. It was an advert for a gift that would be a grandparent type of gift.\u00a0 A simple key chain, with a \u201cdog … Continue reading