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Ronald Paul Richoux <reshoe@datasync.com>
To :
Richard Gaines <gunnyg@hotmail.com>
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Re: Something I wrote.
Date :
Sun, 02 Dec 2001 13:17:51 -0600
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Dear Brother
I negleted to ask you to please include my e-mail address on all
my work. I
like to hear from former marines. Here is something else I wrote
which has been
well accepted. Hope you enjoy. Semper Fi
Ron Richoux
Just A Marine's Wife
Mrs Renee Mc Guam had written to me requesting permission to
print my poem (You
Define Semper Fi .) She wanted to post it on a Marine net site
which her
husband runs. I sent her request to my daughter Debbie to show
her that someone
wanted to post my work on the net, Debbie wrote her a nice
letter. She answered
Derbies letter and called herself a nobody. She said she was
just a Marines
wife. Debbie sent me a copy of her letter. What follows is my to
reply to Mrs
Renee Mc Guam.
Mrs Renee McGuan Copyright-July 2000 ©
Proud wife of Joe McGuan
USMC 1963-67 2051485
Dear Renee
Some time ago you wrote a letter to my first born child Debbie.
She in turn
sent it to me. I wish to thank you for the wonderful words you
used to describe
me. You were most kind and gracious. However you said something
that sort of
upset me. You told Debbie that you were “Just A Marine’s Wife”
Renee in this world, as I know it, there is no such thing as
Just A Marine’s
Wife.
This very day, as I was working in my flower garden and
foremost on my mind
were a few of the words in your letter, as much as I tried I
could not forget
those words “Just A Marine’s Wife.” As I thought about your
choice of words
in your descriptive analyst of self, I kept thinking; I have
one of those. I
have someone who is “Just A Marine’s Wife.”
I have a Rebecca Marie Blanchard (Richoux) who has been taking
care of this
young at heart old Marine for 48 years. I love her more than I
did the day I
married her. While still gardening I had an overwhelming feeling
to write about
the most important person in my life who is after all, “Just A
Marine’s Wife.”
I dedicate this to her first, and to every lady who has ever
been
“Just A Marine’s Wife.” and to the millions of unsung heroes
that are the
wives or husbands of everyone who honors us all with their
service to our
countey,
Sgt. Ronald Paul Richoux
1182623
Just A Marine's Wife
In the middle of the night, when all is seemly quiet,
she listens to him moan as his past revisits and he is in
plight.
Those strange sounds he mumbles, as he tries to express his
might,
she's known those sounds are coming from a body racked with
fright.
She studies his restless body and asks, why Lord his memory
don't you wipe.
Oh thank you God for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
As he is dreaming of his distressing moments in strife,
Who, in the middle of the night,is always there to hold him
tight.
Into the depth of his very sole she alone, can softly whisper,
hold on Marine, all is well, you have won your fight,
because of you the world is a little safer this night.
He is then awaken by a beautiful and secure delight.
Thank you God for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
There are some who believe that their lives must be a bore,
However every Marine cared for by one, knows the score.
Look around America, they are the life to our corps.
They follow their marines to the end of the earth,
with love in their hearts, many times alone, they give birth.
Thank you God for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
For the rest of his life she will stand by his side and never
quit,
all the days of his life she must guide him through survivors
guilt.
When his flag is folded and into her hands it is received,
she will look up to heaven and even then you can bet,
not once will anyone hear from her a single regret.
Thank you god for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
The battles of his world now over, and as he enters heavens
gate,
his first words will be, "Oh thank you Lord for my mate".
Her life was tough, she loved a marine, who had much on his
plate.
All of her life, by his side, she is the one who fought the good
fight,
Thank you God for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
She now must consign him to your protection, Lord,
because of service to his country, over him she stood guard.
She always gave him praise, in him she placed her belief,
and not a single time in her life did she ever ask for a relief.
Lord, she loved one of your marines all of her life.
Thank you God for giving me — Just A Marine's Wife.
Sgt. Ronald Paul Richoux, Sr. 1182623` Copyright-July 2000 ©
July 12, 2000
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