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What a great message! You must be very proud of your Dad, as am I. I pray for success in his and our country's mission to help secure freedom for the Iraqi people. I wish more adults were as smart as you and could see the enormous strides that have been made in a part of the world that has lived in tyranny for so long. We are truly living an astounding moment in history, thanks to your Dad and the men and women of the Armed Services. I wish you well.
Posted by SueRae at January 28, 2005 12:35 PM
I was so impressed reading the rest of your message that I almost forgot!
Happy Birthday little Hawk!
Posted by SueRae at January 28, 2005 12:51 PM
Dear Little Hawk:
Happy Birthday! I hope that you have many more that are all safe and pleasant.
Posted by RPL at January 28, 2005 01:05 PM
Happy birthday youngest Hawk. I am so proud of you. Maybe you should start your own blog site. ??Have a great day.
Posted by Grannylu at January 28, 2005 01:32 PM
Way to go Little Hawk. I am sure your Dad is proud. Terrific insight for someone so young.
Posted by cptham at January 28, 2005 01:56 PM
Happy Birthday ChickenHawk! Your father is an amazing man; you should be proud!
Posted by kg at January 28, 2005 02:20 PM
Happy Birthday.
Wow - it must be in the genes! All that wisdom, creativity, thoughtfulness and courage. What a family!
Posted by Tammi at January 28, 2005 02:30 PM
Littlest Notgreyatallhawk, your dad is a bona-fide hero, your mom is awesome and *you* have one heck of a head on your shoulders. Excellent post, and happy birthday!
Greyarents...y'all are doing a great job. Can you bottle it and sell it to other parents? ;)
Posted by JimK at January 28, 2005 03:24 PM
Hapy Birthday Little Hawk. Excellent post. Your understanding of the situation is very good. I hope and pray that your dad will be by your side to celebrate your next and all future birthdays.
Posted by Victoria at January 28, 2005 03:37 PM
Happy Birthday LittleHawk!
I grew up as an Army Brat, much like yourself. You've got a great head on your shoulders. Your Dad is an honorable man and it shows in his daughter. I'm proud of you both.
By the way, your post is incredibly well written. Great work.
Cordeiro
Posted by Cordeiro at January 28, 2005 03:41 PM
Well said and God Bless you young lady. We are praying for your Dad and all is comrades in arms fighting freedoms fight. May today's election in Iraq be freedoms first light in a dark corner of the world.
Posted by captjay at January 28, 2005 03:46 PM
Happy Birthday, LittleHawk! Thank you for all the sacrifices you and your family have made to allow your Dad to serve so proudly. I am so glad to read of your pride - because he deserves your pride completely!
You make great points on the upcoming election in Iraq, and on what a wonderful achievement it is. Our troops there have done a fine job, and it frustrates me as well that the MSM folks Miss.The.Point so completely with their nay-saying.
Well-written piece - I hope we'll get to hear from you again now and then :-)
Posted by Barb at January 28, 2005 05:46 PM
Happy Birthday, and thanks for sharing your dad. He's doing an important job, and so are you in supporting him!
Posted by Anne at January 28, 2005 05:48 PM
Great site. Keep it up
Posted by Andrew Efaw at January 28, 2005 05:58 PM
Happy Birthday, Littlest Hawk! As so many have said, you have a very good head on your shoulders.
Thank you so much for sharing your father with our country and with the Iraqis, and for sharing your excellent thoughts. Your whole family are heroes to the rest of us.
Posted by Beth at January 28, 2005 06:56 PM
OK you three notgreyatallhawks, you are never again to post anything on this website, NEVER, do you hear me? Because every time that you do, your poor old auntie cries her eyes out! I am so proud of all of you. And just to let all of the readers here know that their impressions are correct, I can verify that Littlest Notgreyatallhawk and all of the greyhawklings are sweet, caring, intelligent, gorgeous, loveable, terrific kids (and I am completely unbiased, as you can tell). Hope you are having a great birthday, sweetiepie! And remember, NO MORE POSTING or its timeout for you! Love and hugs (& miss you terribly), Auntie K.
Posted by bigsisevengreyerhawk at January 28, 2005 08:04 PM
You have learned your first lessons in history in your own home at your father's knee and by your mom posting. You have learned the first rules of being a patriot.
Happy Birthday. May your birthday wish come true.
Posted by kat-Missouri at January 28, 2005 09:29 PM
Happy birthday, young non-grey hawk lady! :)
Keep reading history.
Oh, and feel free to post again. It might make your auntie cry, but I'm a big meanie. ;-)
Posted by Patrick Chester at January 28, 2005 11:44 PM
Happy Birthday! (a little late I think) Looks like you are following right in your father's footsteps and are quite a writer. Keep on learning, keep on reading, keep on thinking - we always need thoughtful intelligent people like you - makes the world a better place! *grin* In the meantime - it sounds like you're hanging in there and doing well. I hope it was a terrific day!
Posted by Teresa at January 29, 2005 12:30 AM
Happy Birthday Littlesthawk! I couldn't be more impressed at what a thoughtful and articulate person you are. Your post is proof that wisdom is not always a product of age, and yours certainly surpasses many who are closer to mine. Your parents have every reason to be as proud of you as they are, as you have to be of them.
My very best wishes to the entire Hawk family!
-Pooke
Posted by Pooke at January 29, 2005 12:34 AM
Sorry I missed your birthday, Little Hawk. I am sure your Dad is as well. Just as I want to thank your Dad for his service in protecting me and mine, I want to thank you and your family for your service as well. All your Dad has to do is read your words and all the good he is doing for all of us is clear. Stay proud and free, like all hawks should be.
Posted by Don Black at January 29, 2005 01:37 AM
Wow you're Mom and Dad must be awfully proud to have such a smart and passionate kid. Kudos to you on a well thought-out message. Iraq is free and way ahead of where we were 200 years ago. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and your Dad with us.
Posted by Kathleen A at January 29, 2005 02:28 AM
Dear Littlest Notgreyatallhawk,
Happy Birthday! I have a big favor to ask you. Would you move to Massachusetts and run for Senator? I know you'd do a much better job than either of the men who are their current Senators.
Remember to get permission from your mom and dad before you go. Good luck!
Kenneth Greenlee
Posted by Kenneth Greenlee at January 29, 2005 02:39 AM
Happy Birthday! I am sorry that you have to spend it without your father. I missed my kids' Birthdays last year, and likely again this year due to deployment, I know he'd rather be with you if he could.
Posted by SFC Ski at January 29, 2005 03:10 AM
Happy Birthday! You are a wise little one and sounds like you have learned well. You are fortunate to have a great family and a father that I admire and respect though we've never met. Your father has given you a great gift; patriotism, wisdom and understanding. Please know that strangers share your concerns for your Dad, and care for your family. May good things happen to you and your family. You are good people.
Posted by GW Sime at January 29, 2005 03:39 AM
Gag me with a spoon. Please spare us this uninformed crud.
Whoever wrote this needs some serious study of the situation. This faux-tear-jerking bilge is what's blinding so many people to the reality of the situation.
Heads in the sand...pathetic.
Posted by Jawz at January 29, 2005 04:12 AM
Happy Birthday!
You go girl!
When you see Gods gift of a beautiful day and say its such, dont pay any attention to those that say, Look! The ground is dirty...
Were all proud of your dad, and his little girl.
Now, that dirty ground sure grows some pretty flowers, doesnt it?
Posted by Kermit at January 29, 2005 04:26 AM
Little Hawk,
There is very little I can add to all of the above comments. It's obvious you have a brain and you use it.
I'm sorry your dad is not there for your birthday, I know it saddens him too, as he's mentioned it recently.
I can understand how much you miss your dad, because you see, I am raising my granddaughter who is 9 and she misses her mom terribly. Her mom is not doing anything as honorable as your dad, but the pain and the hole in her heart is the same that I bet you feel right now.
Know your dad loves you and will be home again soon. There will come a time, rather soon I suspect, where you will be able to share many, many birthdays together.
Your father is a hero and many, many, many Americans are proud of your dad; indebted to your dad. Because of your dad and men like your dad, I can sleep in peace at night. Because he is protecting me and my granddaughter. He's keeping the bad guys away from our country and standing guard at the door. A greater hero than your dad and his fellow soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen do not exist.
God Bless you Little Hawk. May God Keep you in His arms and provide you comfort. Thank you for your sacrifice. I know you will be richly rewarded.
Mr & Mrs. Greyhawk - I'm sure you both will hear "Well done thou good and faithful servants".
Warmest,
Cheryl
Posted by cheryl at January 29, 2005 06:44 AM
Happy Birthday, Little Hawk!
It's wonderful to see the greatness of America passed down from a patriot like your father to a young person like you. There are no finer people in this country than Greyhawk and his brothers in arms. May god bless America and your family.
Posted by Patrick at January 29, 2005 09:07 AM
Did you even know what the real point of this post was Mr. BIG MOUTH Jawz? It was my birthday yesterday, and I was telling MY opinion on the situation as I know it.
Gag me with a spoon?! What are you 10? because I'm 14. Tear jerking bilge??? This is my dad's blog and I can post whatever I want, so maybe you can relate to this. Na na na boo boo.
What part of MY reality could you not grasp? I'm living this reality. How is it that you have a better insight on the situation over me? I bet you're sitting comfortably somewhere with no other worries but how to be mean to a kid.(on her birthday)
Uniformed crud?! If you don't like this blog then you dont have to read it and then you can spare us all from your pacifism and stupidity. :P
p.s. Sorry Auntie K. had to post one last time.
Posted by Little Hawk at January 29, 2005 10:52 AM
Happy Birthday, Little Hawk. I admire you for the understanding you display about your dad's absence.
And a big Well Done on your reply to the idiot Jawz. Bested by a 14 year old girl! I love it!
Posted by Retread at January 29, 2005 02:24 PM
Retread and Little Hawk,
Ignorance may be bliss but it gets people killed. Read this article by someone who has been going to Iraq and been involved in our foreign policy with Iraq for decades: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17103
That is just a start. Bested by "Na na boo boo"? Pathetic.
And yeah - it's a blog so I'll post whatever I want as well, and you don't have to read it.
Posted by Jawz at January 29, 2005 03:05 PM
jawz, you are such an ignorant fool.This has little to do with "policy", and a lot to do about a young girl who misses her dad. A smart young girl who is also a patriot. BTW, have you served in the military?
Posted by Lucille at January 29, 2005 03:28 PM
Jawz,
No more Mudville for you!
You can't post anything you want here anymore:p
Posted by Little Hawk at January 29, 2005 04:08 PM
Little Hawk, Happy birthday and I ditto all that Auntie K said. I am saddened by the remaks of Jawz and I know how hurtful they were to you. Your reply was wonderful and know that as my dad has always said "It takes all kinds of people to make the world go round". Consider the source. Please know that there are many people who love you and your family and I know you miss your dad, I do too. He is a strong man. Know that you are all in my prayers. He will be home with you soon, for that you are very fortunate, remember that and cherish the time you have with him. Sorry I'm a little sad remebering how proud your uncle would be and was of his little bro. I love you. Auntie J
Posted by cabigsisevengreyerhawk at January 29, 2005 05:55 PM
Well done Little Hawk
You will know the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword". It is a bit trite, there are times when there is no alternative to military action. But the words your father writes go all round the world, and so have the words you wrote on your birthday. Many people visit this blog after being referred here by other blog-writers who have seen your Dad's stuff.
Always remember that America is not on its own in all this.
Here is a good book for you to tackle - a fascinating life story of a great man who stood up for freedom when times were dire. It may look long and heavy - but I am sure you could tackle it.
"Churchill" by Roy Jenkins
Oh - and his mother was American !
Best wishes to you, your Dad and all your family, from an Aussie in London.
Posted by JohninLondon at January 29, 2005 06:27 PM
Hope you received your package. I love you very much. You did a great job of writing. I agree with your auntie, too many tissues needed. I know it has been very hard on all of you little hawks. I saw the pictures of the father daughter dinner. That makes one realize how much you are giving up. Hang in there. You dad is tough and he WILL be home soon.
Posted by Nanahawk at January 29, 2005 10:52 PM
OK Darlin'
You get a break from timeout this time, especially since your response to Jawz made me cheer instead of cry. And Jawz, you leave my sweet little niece alone, or its worse than timeout for you (and if you think that's bad, just wait until Grannylu gets ahold of you)!
Posted by bigsisevengreyerhawk at January 30, 2005 05:47 AM
Thanks everybody for your kind words.
Posted by little hawk at January 30, 2005 11:58 AM
Youngest Hawk, you have more "comments" on your site than Daddy Hawk has had and I'll bet he has a smile from ear to ear. I know I have , and so has my "hubby". XXOO
Posted by Grannylu at January 30, 2005 03:42 PM
Excellent post Little Hawk ....where were folks like you and your family when I was serving in the USAF??
Mr and Mrs GreyHawk be very proud of your offspring .. the world needs more simple truths from the mouths of babes ....
Jawz ... please remember freedom of speech does not mean freedom to be MEAN, RUDE, CRUDE or otherwise SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE .... even when we disagree we should at least try to remain civil.
Posted by The Geek at February 3, 2005 12:26 AM
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