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A Little Bit About TEXAS

Have you ever looked at a map of the world?
Look at Texas with me just for a second.
That picture, with the Panhandle and the Gulf Coast, and the Red River and the Rio Grande is as much a part of you as anything ever will be.
As soon as anyone anywhere in the world looks at it they know what it is.
It's Texas.
Pick any kid off the street in Japan and draw him a picture of Texas in the dirt and he'll know what it is.
What happens if I show you a picture of any other state? You might get it maybe after a second or two, but who else would?
And even if you do, does it ever stir any feelings in you?
In every man, woman and child on this planet, there is a person who wishes just once he could be a real live Texan and get up on a horse or ride off in a pickup.
There is some little bit of Texas in everyone.
Did you ever hear anyone in a bar go, "Wow...so you're from Iowa? Cool, tell me about it?" Do you know why? Because there's no place like Texas!
Texas is the Alamo. Texas is 183 men standing in a church, facing thousands of Mexican nationals, fighting for freedom, who had the chance to walk out and save themselves, but stayed instead to fight and die for the cause of freedom. We send our kids to schools named William B. Travis and James Bowie and Crockett and do you know why? Because those men saw a line in the sand and they decided to cross it and be heroes. John Wayne paid to do the movie himself. That is the Spirit of Texas.
Texas is Sam Houston capturing Santa Ana at San Jacinto.
Texas is "Juneteenth" and Texas Independence Day.
Texas is huge forests of Piney Woods like the Davy Crockett National Forest.
Texas is breathtaking mountains in the Big Bend.
Texas is the unparalleled beauty of bluebonnet fields in the Texas Hill Country.
Texas is the beautiful, warm beaches of the Gulf Coast of South Texas.
Texas is the shiny skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas.
Texas is world record bass from places like Lake Fork.
Texas is Mexican food like nowhere else, not even Mexico.
Texas is the Fort Worth Stockyards, Bass Hall, the Ballpark in Arlington and the Astrodome.
Texas is larger-than-life legends like Michael DeBakey, Denton Cooley, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, Waylon Jennings, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, Tom Landry, Darrell Royal, Joe Davis, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Nolan Ryan, Sam Rayburn, George H.W.Bush, Lyndon B.Johnson, George W. Bush.
Texas is great companies like Dell Computer, Texas Instruments, Compaq, Lockheed Martin Areospace, Home of the F-16 Jet Fighter and the JSF Fighter.
Texas is NASA.
Texas is huge herds of cattle and miles of crops.
Texas is skies blackened with doves, and fields full of deer.
Texas is a place where towns and cities shut down to watch the local High School Football game on Friday nights and for the Cowboys on Monday Night Football, and for the night in Old San Antonio River Parade in San Antonio.
Texas is ocean beaches, deserts, lakes and rivers, mountains and prairies, and modern cities.
If it isn't in Texas, you probably don't need it.
Texas even has its own power grid!
No one does anything bigger or better than it's done in Texas.
Our state capitol building is the only one in the country that is taller than the capitol building in Washington, D.C. and we can divide our state into five states at any time if we wanted to! We included these things as part of the deal when we came on. That's the best part, right there.
By federal law, Texas is the only state in the U.S. that can fly its flag at the same height as the U.S. flag. Think about that for a second. You fly the Stars and Stripes at 20 feet in Maryland, California, or Maine and your state flag, whatever it is, goes at 17 feet. You fly the Stars and Stripes in front of Pine Tree High in Longview or anyplace else at 20 feet, the Lone Star flies at the same height - 20 feet. Do you know why?
Because Texas is the only state that was a republic before it became a state.
If you are a real TEXAN you won't even need to be told to pass this on!
PS – Derek, Don’t ever forget -Texas is the place where Mom is!!
There is no place like HOME!!!

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Comment by Kimberly Lynch 14 hours ago: Hi Jasmine and Jake's Mom,
I'm in the Dallas area also - Rowlett . My daughter is at bootcamp. She arrived in GL on 6/2

Comment by Jill Chacon 23 hours ago: hi all Im Jill my son is in div 317. we live in cushing, TX. have been here for about 2 1/2 years now. and love it. My so is on the US bataan... we are so proud of him, and miss the heck outa him. glad to meet everyone. Hope to hook up with some of you. Thanks for the invite JiLL Chacon

Comment by Marian on July 3, 2008 at 12:13am: We got the thirty second call the day after he left and the box today. Today he's been gone one week. I feel bad doing things with the rest of the family because I feel I'm leaving him out. The clothes in the box were scruntched. One of the pant legs was still inside out. I dont know if they made him change in a hurry you know 1,2,1,2 or if it was him being lazy. It broke my heart that his tooth brush was in the box. I've been reading about the pictures the recruits are going to take. Make sure your recruit orders them because it's up to them now. Of course it will be taken out of their pay.

Comment by Heather's Mom on July 2, 2008 at 11:08pm: Hi Peggy,
Glad it helped. Just hang in there. It actually goes a little faster than you think it will. A Little. We go to GL next week for Heather's PIR. Cant wait to see her. The letters back and forth are the only thing that have kept me sane. Well, that and this site where I have met so many great friends. You can always count on these ladies to pick you up when you're having one of those famous "bad days". I hope you hear from your sailor soon.
Wanda

Comment by Peggie Smith on July 2, 2008 at 9:47pm: Thanks for the info, Heather's Mom. We just received the form letter today, 2 1/2 weeks after he left for basic. It's good to have an address for him. He feels a little closer somehow. We're looking forward to a letter, too. Oh, we live in Abilene.

Comment by Gayle..Codi's Mom on July 2, 2008 at 8:19pm: Hi everyone Codi passed his run graduates Thursday with his division.

Comment by Heather's Mom on July 2, 2008 at 2:18pm: Hi Renote,
I'm assuming from your blog that you have gotten the 30 second "i'm here" call. You should receive a form letter in a couple days with about 3 hand written lines from Aaron. This form will have his address. If you don't receive this letter in a few days call the recruiter. By day 4 at least he will have the address for your son. While you're waiting for this start writing so you can send out the letters as soon as you get the address. Letters are better than candy or coke right now. Aaron won't actually get a letter for about 3 weeks. He will write telling you he hasn't and wonder why you don't write. This is all normal process though. It broke my heart when our daughter thought we were just too busy to write. I knew she should have gotten at least a dozen letters by then. I write every day. It's never too often for them.Don't send anything that will draw attention to them(like musical cards). Letters, letters, and more letters. Nothing from home except maybe sport clippings and a few photos. And did I mention letters? Tell him about anything that happens throughout your day.How proud you are. You know, normal mooshy Mom stuff.You absolutely can go to graduation. 4 guests are allowed. Aaron will be given a form to indicate the names of the 4 people that will be attending. You might want to discuss that via mail before so he knows who to expect. This will come in a packet later. By the way, graduation is also called PIR(pass in review). What will Aaron be doing after bootcamp? Hope this helps.

Comment by Renote on July 2, 2008 at 12:49pm: Hey there everyone~ Okay give me the run down on what our kiddos are doing when they go to boot camp, where do I find the address to send him a care package or is that not wise? What about graduation from bootcamp, can parents go? So many questions, can someone guide me?

Comment by Kay PM of Stuart on July 1, 2008 at 10:03pm: Was passing through Orange earlier today and had stopped at Weinerschnitzel when a car came to the drive-thru with a "Proud parent of a Sailor" bumper sticker on it. I think it may have been a Kia, maroon-ish in color. Single female driver.
Anyone from here??

Comment by Mrz.Seldon on July 1, 2008 at 9:51pm: Hi, My name is Jasmine. My husband left for BC on June 27th. I got my 26sec phone call at 2:00am...I'm jus glad I heard the phone ring! I live in the Dallas area.

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