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21st December 2016, 05:54 PM
Parents Of Soldier Receive Terrible News After Son Asks Them For An Important Favor
It’s no secret that the horrors of war take a terrible toll on human life. Even those soldiers who survive often return home emotionally scarred in addition to the physical injuries that they may have sustained.
These soldiers’ families often take on that burden, too—and sometimes, it’s one they’re not ready to bear. That was certainly the case with one soldier returning home from a war, who asked his parents if they could do something important for his friend that lost an arm and a leg. What they said to him, though, was utterly heartbreaking—and ended up teaching them a valuable lesson.
A soldier on his way home from war called his parents after landing in Los Angeles. “Mom, Dad, it’s great to hear from you again,” he said. “I’m coming home, but I have an important favor to ask. May I bring a friend home with me?”
“Of course, son,” his father replied. “We look forward to meeting him.”
“Thank you,” the young man continued. “But I have to tell you something. He was terribly injured. He lost an arm and a leg after stepping on a land mine. I want him to come live with us, because there’s nowhere else that he could go.”
“That’s very sad, son,” said his mother. “I’m sure we could find him some place to live, though.”
“No, you don’t understand,” said the soldier. “I want him to live at home with all of us.”
“I don’t think you understand what you’re asking, son,” said the father. “It would be a terrible burden to have to take care of someone with that kind of disability. We have busy lives, and we sadly cannot allow this to interfere with it. Just come home and don’t worry about your friend. He’ll figure something out, somehow.”
The soldier hung up at that point, and his parents didn’t hear from him for a few days. Everything changed, though, when they got a call from the Los Angeles Police Department. In an apparent suicide, their son had died after falling from a tall building.
Overcome with grief, the parents flew out to L.A. to identify the body at the city morgue. It was clearly him, but they noticed something extremely distressing: he only had one arm and one leg.
Clearly, the moral of this story is that we should never turn our backs on those that need our help the most. It’s easy to love people when they’re healthy, but when that changes, it’s even more important to lend our support.
http://boredomtherapy.com/soldier-teaches-parents-lesson/2/?bdk=a701aol&as=701aol&pas=1
It’s no secret that the horrors of war take a terrible toll on human life. Even those soldiers who survive often return home emotionally scarred in addition to the physical injuries that they may have sustained.
These soldiers’ families often take on that burden, too—and sometimes, it’s one they’re not ready to bear. That was certainly the case with one soldier returning home from a war, who asked his parents if they could do something important for his friend that lost an arm and a leg. What they said to him, though, was utterly heartbreaking—and ended up teaching them a valuable lesson.
A soldier on his way home from war called his parents after landing in Los Angeles. “Mom, Dad, it’s great to hear from you again,” he said. “I’m coming home, but I have an important favor to ask. May I bring a friend home with me?”
“Of course, son,” his father replied. “We look forward to meeting him.”
“Thank you,” the young man continued. “But I have to tell you something. He was terribly injured. He lost an arm and a leg after stepping on a land mine. I want him to come live with us, because there’s nowhere else that he could go.”
“That’s very sad, son,” said his mother. “I’m sure we could find him some place to live, though.”
“No, you don’t understand,” said the soldier. “I want him to live at home with all of us.”
“I don’t think you understand what you’re asking, son,” said the father. “It would be a terrible burden to have to take care of someone with that kind of disability. We have busy lives, and we sadly cannot allow this to interfere with it. Just come home and don’t worry about your friend. He’ll figure something out, somehow.”
The soldier hung up at that point, and his parents didn’t hear from him for a few days. Everything changed, though, when they got a call from the Los Angeles Police Department. In an apparent suicide, their son had died after falling from a tall building.
Overcome with grief, the parents flew out to L.A. to identify the body at the city morgue. It was clearly him, but they noticed something extremely distressing: he only had one arm and one leg.
Clearly, the moral of this story is that we should never turn our backs on those that need our help the most. It’s easy to love people when they’re healthy, but when that changes, it’s even more important to lend our support.
http://boredomtherapy.com/soldier-teaches-parents-lesson/2/?bdk=a701aol&as=701aol&pas=1