Posted by Brad Osborne on May 16, 2022 · 21 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 20, 2022 · 12 Comments
Swooping from heaven to pluck us,
From the hell they dropped us in…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 4, 2021 · 13 Comments
The world is full of men,
That wonder what they would do…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 27, 2021 · 16 Comments
For the first twenty years of my life,
I was taught not to turn on the switch…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 21, 2021 · 14 Comments
We wear the medals with pride,
Fruit salad served on our chest…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 22, 2021 · 11 Comments
Swooping from heaven to pluck us,
From the hell they dropped us in…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 12, 2021 · 23 Comments
I could not say it for the longest time,
Fearing my life by acronym defined…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 25, 2019 · Leave a Comment
A bond, not of blood, but of breed. For family is not about having the same blood, it is about who would shed theirs for you.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 24, 2019 · 2 Comments
It may be hard to imagine that a person who writes a blog on their own philosophies, beliefs, and conclusions isn’t a bit narcissistic. And, you would be correct, as I likely am. But the one thing I have found the hardest to talk about, to almost anyone, is my time in military service.
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