cheering she realized something else was going on. her husband who had been in afghanistan for 8 months had come home early to surprise her. the family [ applause ] ing. hey, everybody, it s laura ingraham. i want to tell you who have a wonderful christmas. happy, healthy, hold on to that true meaning of christmas. not just on christmas, but throughout the whole year. and sometimes we get caught up in all the frenzy of shopping and this and that and family squabbles. but, in the end, we are so blessed to be living in this country and so blessed to have our family and friends and try to do something for someone else this christmas. that s going to make you feel better than anything else. and my children dmitry, marie a and i and little lucy the lab we all say merry christmas and happy, healthsy and blessed new year. i m with the 10th division in
gretchen? what a great story, brian, thank you. raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, we all have our favorite things during the holidays. next, sarah palin shares her favorite. sergeant james schmidt, i m province afghanistan. i want to say hay to my 90% back home. i love you. i would also like to say hi to my daughter and parents in decatur, illinois. merry christmas. i m major jeff barker from camp leather neck in afghanistan. i would like to give a shout out and holiday greetings to my beautiful life shannon and my lovely dawrdz phoebe liddy and abigail. spending the holiday season with their grandparents. merry christmas and have a great new year. i was young, i was in shape, and i had a heart attack.
welcome to all of you. thanks so much. thank you. i saw, jody, looking at that again and i m sure have you seen it a lot. what were your thoughts? what was going through your mind. just the best day of my life. seeing him come home. pulling up on that field, knowing i can actually touch him, feel him, see him, it was great, great. sergeant, you found out that 250 people submitted essays to talk about their their loved one who is deployed or is serving and your family won. your two daughters and your son wrote in and submitted by your wife. what was that like for you serving in afghanistan when you heard that? i was floored. flabbergasted. i didn t think they cared that much about me be honest with you. but it was a good thing. and it was. and it went. and with that you thought all right go to a titans redskins game. get something in between quarters at a time out. you are sitting there and then how did you know that there was something going on that you didn t understand?
thanks so much, guys. thank you. gretchen? what a great story, brian, thank you. raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, we all have our favorite things during the holidays. next, sarah palin shares her favorite. sergeant james schmidt, i m province afghanistan. i want to say hay to my 90% back home. i love you. i would also like to say hi to my daughter and parents in decatur, illinois. merry christmas. i m major jeff barker from camp leather neck in afghanistan. i would like to give a shout out and holiday greetings to my beautiful life shannon and my lovely dawrdz phoebe liddy and abigail. spending the holiday season with their grandparents. merry christmas and have a great new year.