... heard about your duties over in Iraq and I am proud to inform you that you are being awarded with a Purple Heart and a Metal of Honor for your heroic actions. The ceremony will be on September 8th. I hope you will be available to accept them yourself. I will see you then, have a good evening." I was in a stunned silence. All I said back to him ... excited for me. I asked him if he would be my guest of honor and of course he accepted. It seemed like the longest month of my life waiting for the ceremony. As the day finally arrived, I got dressed in my uniform and a limo picked Coop and I ...

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... one. I wished I didn't take it out on my mom. I needed to apologize. The day was long but it went by quick. I didn't realize how tiring the wedding would be. The ceremony in church and hours of pictures seemed never-ending. Soon enough it was time for the reception, which was full of music, dancing, and amazing food. It was fun but ... ...

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... ." Cried his brother Gene: "You can't fight a gun with a rosary!" When Lydia took her oath as a physician, Cabading announced that only he and his wife would accompany Lydia to the ceremony. I would not be fair, he said, to let Leonardo, who had not borne the expenses of Lydia's education, to share that moment of glory too. Leonardo said that, if he ... ...

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