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1. #1
   On June 6th, 2008 at 12:15 am, Christian Soldier said:

   Our military and military families are the BEST of the best.

2. #2
   On June 6th, 2008 at 12:24 am, Joy said:

   There’s a family in my church that between biological, adopted and foster children now have 19 family members living at home. More are grown and married. Each week appx 15-16 show up for church including one severely mentally and physically disabled child in a special wheelchair.

   The husband just retired from the military and served two tours to Iraq.

   Military families are indeed the best of the best!

3. #3
   On June 6th, 2008 at 12:28 am, radio relay said:

   Having been raised as an Army brat, I can confirm that military people have very big hearts!

   There are five kids in my family. All of us are adopted. My Dad was career Army, and a Combat Veteran of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

   My older sister and I were adopted here in the U.S. My two younger sisters, and my younger brother were adopted in Germany, when we were stationed there in the 1950’s. My brother was the progeny of an American GI and German prostitute. My sisters were orphaned when the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia.

   My Dad gave of his blood, sweat, and tears for this nation. Yet, he and my Mother still had enough love to adopted five children and raise us as their own. We never wanted for anything. Including a solid grounding in morality, truth, and patriotism.

   Both of my parents are gone now. I miss them everyday. May they rest in peace.

4. #4
   On June 6th, 2008 at 4:13 am, RetFireman said:

   Oh Michelle, you are so cynical. Why would you think the wouldn’t report such items. OF COURSE they will report it. They are just waiting to see how they can twist it around to where the good guys become the bad guys and someone ends up hurt due to their actions. After all, you make it sound like there is some sort of plan to make our military look bad to the world in order to force a Liberal, anti-military agenda.

   They are just making sure they can use it to enflame the bad guys so that they can have a better story to print on page one, instead of taking up recious ad space buried on page 26.

5. #5
   On June 6th, 2008 at 7:05 am, zorro said:

   May God the Father Almighty Bless Jed and Alice Moss and their family. Great story about great people.

   The narcissuses of the “old media” are way too cynical to appreciate a good news story like the Moss family. Thanks for the link Michelle.

6. #6
   On June 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am, MikeOK said:

   I dunno … I heard from reliable sources that military service ruins one’s character. It’s probably just a matter of time before Dad picks up an axe and wipes out the whole family.

   /sarc

   (We are friends with two families from church who have adopted from India and Guatemala respectively, and their children are absolutely beautiful. We are also friends with another young couple who is pursuing adoption of children from Africa — that is, unless the Child Welfare League gets its way. I’m passing along the info about “Gift of Adoption” to them.)

7. #7
   On June 6th, 2008 at 8:33 am, Barry F. said:

   Nope. I doubt very seriously that we will see this in the MSM. Am I a skeptic? Nope. Just a realist.

   They look like a great family and very good people. Best wishes!

8. #8
   On June 6th, 2008 at 9:03 am, Boomer said:

   We had a Navy Petty Officer I was stationed with in a Joint-Service Unit at Travis AFB who had 9 children. He and his wife had adopted 7 to include with the 2 they were able to conceive on their own. The base housing office modified a duplex knocking down the adjoining wall to give them enough space to take care of his large family. Most of the kids were Amerasian children he rescued from orphanages overseas. I don’t know how he and his wife managed to survive on the E-7 pay they received, but the kids were loved, well behaved, performed well in school, and never went hungry. Thanks for sharing this story Michelle, because I doubt we will every hear it from the military hating MSM.

9. #9
   On June 6th, 2008 at 9:36 am, JennyBea said:

   Having a personal dealing with adoption, I think this is fabulous. May God bless their family, and if they chose to adopt more, I pray it’s an easy process for them.

   I have a friend taking journalism at SUNY Purchase. (they make them read the NYT every day!!!) She said that one of the first things she learned was “If it bleeds, it leads”. So that’s why this won’t appear on anyone else’s radar.

10. #10
    On June 6th, 2008 at 9:54 am, OneofThem said:

    My parents are adopting from China, and it looks like we’ll be getting her in July.

11. #11
    On June 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm, rightisright said:

    What a great, heartwarming story…gotta add…fine looking family they have. I can’t imagine the joy and happiness they have brought to the 2 adopted children.

12. #12
    On June 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm, terrig said:

    Shock of shocks, of course the msm wouldn’t report this nor will the trolls comment on this unless it’s a slap at this wonderful family and the rest of you who have commented on your circumstances and military folks you’ve known in the past.
    My cousin’s wife was adopted from Germany when her daddy was in the Army stationed there. Her biological mother was clueless as to who the father was and when she was born and found to be mixed race she put her up for adoption. Her adoptive mother was a nurse in the hospital and took care of Cindy from birth. She called her husband and he said by all means we’ll take this baby, bring her right home as soon as you can. She did and has made tamed my wild and crazy cousin and they’ve also adopted 3 in addition to their 4.
    We adopted from social services in HI and it was free. I loved this story and the stories of people adopting but let’s not forget the sweet kiddies here who need homes too. I’m trying to impress upon hubby that when he returns I would like to perhaps adopt another little one. He’s on the fence but I’m hoping that he will change his mind.

13. #13
    On June 6th, 2008 at 5:24 pm, Scooter36 said:

    This is a wonderful heartwarming story, but its hardly front page news.

14. #14
    On June 6th, 2008 at 8:10 pm, starlightwoman said:

    What a beautiful story…thanks, Michelle

15. #15
    On June 6th, 2008 at 10:53 pm, havok said:

    OK…so I’m going to be sappy and throw out some words…please excuse the spelling and if the thoughts are disconnected…well..sorry.

    My dad was/is a career Marine. He served 3 tours in Nam. He ended up as the recruiter in Boise from 74-76. We then moved to Camp P in San Dieago from 76-78. My dad was a 1st Sarg there until he retired. I was maybe about 8-10 when we lived there. Many of his ‘guys’ (I only knew their nick-names as Ski, Finn, Caz, Led) were my best friends. They came by and played ball with me, tought me how to build models (plastic…not women) and showed me how to dig fox-holes and dive for cover. These guys were the best…I can imagine now that they were no more than 20 YO but had hearts of gold. I got invited to egg wars…movies…even the ‘fun’ part of war games. All of them were fine young men. I imagine they have all led great lives 30 years later.

    Our military produces some of the greatest people. I wish that more of our country understood that.