Joshua Lambert (Kansas City, MO) wrote
hey i got saw an article about you in a package your parents sent to me. Your a stud! your making the lamberts into a name that all will be in awe of one day.. = ] hope your takin good care of yourself. i hope to be able to send a letter back to your folks here shortly when we get a break. see ya bro.
Josh is a Marine currently serving in Iraq. His younger brother, Luke, also enlisted and is training to become an MP in the Marines. They are both my cousins and some
of my fondest childhood moments were spent at their elbow in the ocean surf of Rhode Island or at their back hiking a trail at Yellowstone. Years have gone by since we were eating pears in my backyard or sitting side by side on my grandfather's lap, and our paths have diverged. But while time and memories have filled the gap between us, if anything my respect for my cousins has grown exponentially. They are heroes of mine in every sense of the word. On this Veterans Day, I'd just like to take this opportunity to acknowledge their sacrifice and in not-enough-words express how much they mean to me, how much they mean to my family, and how much they mean to our country.So when I got this Facebook post from my cousin, forgive me if I shed a tear. Because while he's proud of me for being in the newspaper and for the work that I've done behind a desk, it doesn't come close in any way to what he has done in his life thus far. If anyone is honoring the Lambert family name, it is Josh and Luke.
Stay safe guys and know just how much you mean to everyone here in the States.
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