“Good morning world…. taking a true encounter that happened to me as you know lately I have been writing about what it really means to be LOST, ALONE, also MIA….That means in that no fault of his own thought knowing years ago I was a part of a journey when an real WORLD WAR TWO MIA WAR HERO CAME HOME after dying on a distant shore…. To share my experience and how it relates to your life… I have been writing about what it was like to be a FINAL part of that soldier’s life who died on the cliffs and rocks far away from home. So knowing at no fault of his own…that he was LOST AND ALONE FAR AWAY FROM HOME. Likewise, knowing that RIGHT NOW some of you are feeling some of those same LOST, MIA, AND ALONE FAR FROM HOME thoughts too. In different ways we all KNOW what it’s like to be MIA. We also know what it is like to be LOST. Likewise, we all know what it is like to ALONE. That means in one way or the other we all know what it is like to be FAR AWAY FROM HOME….But even so our situation is different because not dying we can still go back home. That’s why in not dying we need to find the way to go home! That means in your MIA situation you need to realize you can go back home, because unlike the dead airman…you will be able to walk through the door to ALIVE hugs and kisses from those who have been waiting for you to come back from your distant shore! So knowing as long as we are alive either in memory or physically we all can go back home, that means right now you need to pick up the phone or close your eyes…And choosing not to be lost or alone we need to always go back home.) But WAIT… in this particular situation the MIA that I am writing about had been LOST AND ALONE since World War 2! Sadly after dying in a plane crash… he was not able to go back home. Next after being found and buried in the rocks after almost SEVENTY YEARS he had finally been located. And no longer being classified as an Mia who was LOST ALSO ALONE his body had just been found and he was now coming back HOME. That means as I had been sitting on the plane in my seat he had been riding underneath me. Bottom line as he was writing the last lines to his life story I was on a PLANE with an MIA who was coming back to the country that he loved. Yes this MIA man was coming back HOME to the land he gave his life to protect, and serve. So, to find out more about his story let’s turn another page….. So, doing things a little bit different today… I will be picking up my “to be continued” thoughts as I begin my writing and contemplating reflections from a spot where I left my MIA story off yesterday. That means, today I will be continuing my true MIA story…. because after 70 Years…the DEAD MIA Air Man that I have been telling you about….was finally COMING HOME! Therefore, after his BONES had been Lost and Alone in isolation on a distant shore buried in the rocks of a cave forevermore I was on a PLANE RIDE with a MIA Son, Brother, Lover, Husband, Uncle, or Friend or all THE ABOVE whose Bones were finally coming back Home to the ones he liked and loved! Bottom line one more time, WITH ALL OF THEM KNOWING WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE DYING INSIDE! On that flight after many people had been tirelessly searching for what remained of him from dark to light for over SEVENTY YEARS! A LIFETIME later after ending his last FATAL trip……… I WAS FLYING IN THE SKY…. WITH A DEAD MAN… WHO ONCE HAD A LIFE! THEN GOING AWAY, DYING INSIDE, then really DYING, while being DEAD, and MISSING IN ACTION MOST OF HIS LIFE! I WAS ON A TRIP WITH AN AIRMAN WHO HAD RUN OUT OF TIME! That’s why, as he took his Final Flight HOME… With him being on a Plane ride that was bringing him back to the life he left behind. MANY THINGS THEN….AND MANY MIA THINGS NOW ARE STILL ON MY MIND. Because, as our wheels touched the ground. I realized that Finally the lost MIA…. WHO HAD GONE AWAY, and Died… that after 70 YEARS had flown by… he had been FOUND. And now he was no longer LOST or ALONE because he was on his way home! So, as many in his life WHO HAD BEEN DYING INSIDE….had ALREADY shed a million silent tears wishing he would come back to them alive after he roamed over the years….. Instead…..quietly living…. the DYING INSIDE… MIA life…. of the DEAD but NEVER FORGOTTEN….. After being Lost and all alone….. In that flight into the sky….. I was thankful that the MIA had finally returned….HOME! So now continuing my true story…..in the Plane Captains announcement stating that a HERO was on board our plane…. Laying cold in the cargo hole….. In the thoughts of the MEMORIAL DAY YEARS AGO! REALIZING THAT MEMORIAL DAYS IS EVERYDAY. KNOWING THAT MEMORIAL DAY WILL NEVER GO AWAY. On that flight and every day after I was and have been Commemorating the fact that the lonely Bones of this once misplaced DEAD MIA HERO, Finally were coming back HOME to stay! So, knowing his Bones were coming home…that was a great day in so many ways! That’s why, as his body, hopes and dreams had once laid missing in a jungle for decades… Or had been rotting on a beach head in the rocks. Or had been found behind some closed door where he had been lying dead. While TEARS TURNED INTO YEARS! Going around the bend… THE ONE WHO DIED and had been MIA HAD BEEN FOUND! And with his BONES no longer lying lost in the COLD, HARD ground,…ON HIS BONES FINAL FLIGHT BACK HOME crying silent tears, I was Rejoicing with him that his BONES WERE NO LONGER ALONE! But OVER THE YEARS I was also commiserating with his Family and Friends WHO HAD BEEN DYING INSIDE MOST OF THEIR LIFE…BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HIS BONES HAD COME HOME. HIS FACE AND SMILE WERE NOT COMING BACK TO THEM.. So, I KNEW HIS ARRIVAL was going to be bittersweet…. That’s why, Celebrating the fact that the once missing MIA Airman had been found…… But knowing ONLY HIS BONES were COMING HOME. Needless to say… that MIA Story STILL BRINGS TEARS to my eyes and many MEMORIAL thoughts to my mind. Because like so many kids….. I too had a darling, strong, brave Daddy who fought in World War 2 during that terrible time. Happily, however my daddy came back Alive. Unhappily, however there are still many MIA HERO’S remains….. Who even today are lying deep in a silent sleep…while resting uneasily in lost graves with no light. Bottom line, there are STILL other HERO MIA’s resting underneath the hidden moonlight in the rocks, underneath the wave or entwined with the vines in the jungles. That means there are still many MIA’S Who still are today sleeping below the circling hawks…covered up by the Lonely Rocks, or Tucked In Underneath The Waves, in unknown unmarked graves. And unable to talk or walk their Bones are still missing, while resting UNEASILY Below their lonely, unmarked spots. THAT’S WHY, as the MIA continue to lie in Unknown Graves. Knowing that MEMORIAL DAY …and MIA DAY…..really mean EVERYTHING to so many who went away…. LIKEWISE KNOWING WHAT MEMORIAL DAY…. AND MIA DAY STILL MEANS TO THE OTHERS WHO REMAIN… WHO STAYED BEHIND WAITING FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO SAFETY. REALIZING MANY ARE STILL DYING INSIDE…. WHILE OTHER DIED. WAITING FOR THEIR MIA FACE OR SMILE TO COME BACK INTO THEIR LIFE. KNOWING THAT THERE ARE MANY WHO DIED SO WE COULD HAVE A FREE LIFE…. THAT’S WHY EVERYBODY NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT EVERYDAY WILL BE MEMORIAL DAY AND MIA DAY TOO! That’s also why Today I still appreciate the fact… that we are all…. looking for our Missing Secretly, Weeping, Sleeping Veterans as their story…. and bones also need a Happy Ending. Therefore, knowing that the word…. MISSING MEANS…. lost and out of sight BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. That Action means….. An act of something that has already happened or will soon arrive. …. Likewise, knowing that Memorializing means….. Remembering what was left behind….. Furthermore, and for EVERMORE realizing that Commemorating means Many, Many, things in life! AS DYING MEANS THE END OF THE BODY’S LIFE. AND DYING INSIDE MEANS NEVER GIVING UP, WHILE MEMORILIZING A LIFE. Everybody needs to know that there’s a lot of MEANING to the MEMORIAL special day and MIA night…… also the Armed forces motto…that states…. LEAVE NONE ALONE! NO NEVER LEAVE ANY-BODY BEHIND! TAKE THEM ALL HOME! BECAUSE NOBODY SHOULD EVER BE MIA! THAT’S WHY, NEEDING TO HAVE AN END AND BEGINNING TO THEIR STORY OF LIFE… NOBODY SHOULD EVER BE LEFT BEHIND… DYING INSIDE… AFTER THEY GO AWAY!But Wait… WAS THAT REALLY THE END OF HIS STORY. And in his MIA history! WAS HE REALLY MISSING or 70 YEARS AGO HAD HE ALREADY BEEN FOUND? So, asking you that GOING AWAY, DYING, DEAD, MIA Cliff hanging question THAT HAS EVERYTING TO DO WITH ETERNAL LIFE. Join me back here tomorrow as I continue my thoughts on MEMORIAL AND MIA DAY. Then as you read about more of my life experiences as they also pertain to your days. We will all be able to understand what SAVED, DYING, MIA, GOING AWAY BACK HOME and MEMORIAL DAY really mean in so many different ways. Yes reading the rest of the story will always be important because that’s when you will realize like the airman…everybody who is MIA, LOST, AND THE ALONE WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO COME BACK HOME ” Joslin Fitzgerald …….The Mary Author…….. Joslin Fitzgerald… the Merry Mary Author….