This is My Nephew Sam
He is A US Marine
Finally after 3 years he got to come visit us.
We were so proud to have him come visit us
that we all kinda went crazy with our cameras
Here are just a few that we took of him

This is me and Sam when he first arrived


Yep He was craving a smoke badly

Sam With his Aunts Sherene, Stacey & Summer

Sam & New Cousin Levi


Our Family Get Together Thanksgiving

Sam and Little Brother Stephen


Sam with cousin Jeremy


Sam with Aunties again & Stephen & Levi


Aunt Summer, Levi, Sam and Aunt Sherene

Sam Getting pretty toasted at Aunt Summers

Sam & Cousin Winston

Sam with Auntie Stacey

Sam With Cousin Jamie

Sam with Levi
My Oldest & Youngest Nephew

This is What it looked like When Sam was suppose to leave from here
Rain first, then freezing rain, then the snow came
 

American By God's Amazing Grace

Bottom of my boots sure are gettin' worn
there's a lot of holes in this faded uniform
My hands are black with dirt and so is my face
I aint never been to hell
but it couldn't be any worse than this place.
Tell my wife don't worry 'cause I know what to do
it makes you feel better sometimes, but don't know if it's true.
I know if I die it's just my time to go
but I pray to God every day that I may get back home.

Well when you've seen what I've seen
things don't seem so bad
quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have
'Cause I could be raising my family in this place
but I was born an American
by Gods Amazing Grace.

For the last twelve months I've had a new address
the neighborhood smells like sewerage and the streets are lined with trash.
You never know what's gonna be the next thing to explode
but unlike these people, I have another home.
It breaks my heart to see these kids out on the streets
walking barefoot through the trash, diggin' for something to eat.
I give them what I got, just to let them know I care
and I thank God it's not my son that's standing there.

Well when you've seen what I've seen
things don't seem so bad
quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have
'Cause I could be raising my family in this place
but I was born an American
by Gods Amazing Grace.

You want to talk about it, you better keep it short
cause I got a lot of lost time I gotta make up for.
Really don't care why Bush went in to Iraq
I know what I done there and I'm damn sure proud of that.
You got somethin' bad to say about the USA
you better save it for different ears 'less you want to crawl away.
And I laugh in your face when you say you've got it bad
until you've spent some time on the streets of Baghdad

Well when you've seen what I've seen
things don't seem so bad
quit worrying 'bout what you aint got, thank God for what you have
'Cause you could be raising your family in this place
but you were born in America, By God's Amazing Grace!!!!

Artist: Luke Stricklin
Album: American by God's Amazing Grace
Year: 2006
Title: American By God's Amazing Grace
 

Back To The Site Map