Written by a Canadian Mom

I'm not normally a fan of forwarded mail, but I couldn't resist this one...

Subject: WRITTEN BY A CANADIAN MOM


One of my sons serves in the
army. He is still here in Canada. He called me
yesterday to let me know how
warm and welcoming people were to him, and his
fellow soldiers, everywhere
he goes, telling me how people shake their hands,
and thank them for being
willing to serve, and fight, for not only
our own freedoms but so that
others may have them also.

But he also told me about an incident in the
grocers' shop he stopped at
yesterday, on his way home from the quarters. He
said that ahead of several
people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a
burkha. He said when she got
to the checkout she loudly remarked about the
Canadian Flag lapel badge
the cashier wore on her blouse. The cashier
reached up and touched the badge,
and said proudly," Yes, I always wear it
and probably always will." The woman
in the burkha then asked the cashier
when she was going to stop bombing her
countrymen, explaining that she was
an Afghani.

A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting
his arm around my
son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a
calm and gentle voice
to the Afghani woman. "Lady, hundreds of thousands of
men and women like this
young man have fought and died so that YOU could
stand here, in
MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR
countrymen. It is my
belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own
country, we wouldn't need
to be there today. But, hey, if you have now
learned how to speak out so
loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket
and pay your way back
to Afghanistan so you can straighten out the mess in
YOUR country that you are
obviously here, in MY, country to avoid."

Everyone within hearing distance cheered!

IF YOU AGREE -------
Pass this on to
all your proud friends----- I most certainly did!

(My sentiments exactly!)