gift given twice

 

the gift given twice

first his birth then sacrifice 

the ultimate price

© 2025 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: 

Our Lady of Light Catholic Church - Estero, Florida

Memorial Day 2023

 

Let us honor 

all military veterans

who sacrificed their lives

so that we may live our lives

in freedom.

© 2023 Richard Havenga

Photo Locations:

1. & 2.   Santa Fe National Cemetery ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico

Memorial Day 2019

For all those who sacrificed their life, 
so that we may live ours with freedom. ~ RH

The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem. ~ Aaron Kilbourn

Photo Locations:

1. & 2. Santa Fe National Cemetery  ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico

3. Memorial Hill ~ Midway, Utah

Memorial Day 2018

For all those who sacrificed their lives,
so that we may live ours with freedom. ~ RH

"The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." ~ Aaron Kilbourne


Photo Locations:

1. Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - St. Louis, Missouri

2. Amway World Headquarters - Ada, Michigan

Veteran's Day 2017

No words 
can embrace
the immense gratitude
I feel for our
United States Veterans
who paid the ultimate sacrifice
for our freedom.

I kneel in respect before them,
in honor of their dedicated service.

© 2017 Richard Havenga

Photo Location: Santa Fe National Cemetery ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico 

The Cross

"The cross is a reminder of the greatest sacrifice love has ever made."

"The cross of Christ is more than the wood His body was nailed to 2,000 years ago. It's more than a symbol, on churches or jewelry, of what Jesus did for us. The cross we carry must be a consciousness of the debt we owe God and the willingness to live -- or die-- for Him."

~ Ann-Margret Hovsepian 

from: In Touch Ministries March 25, 2016 by Charles Stanley

Photo Locations:

1. Art Prize - Art Prize 2014 - Grand Rapids, Michigan 

2. Our Lady of Light Catholic Community - Estero, Florida

Veteran's Day II

No words
can embrace
the immense gratitude
I feel for our U.S. Veterans
who paid the
ultimate sacrifice
for our freedom. 

See also: Veteran's Day  November 11, 2012



Photo Location:

Santa Fe National Cemetery  (Veteran's Cemetery)  Santa Fe,  (Santa Fe) New Mexico (NM)