[Mb-hair] FW:Exhibit aims to bring home human costs of Iraq conflict

[Michael Butler]

Tina,
Yes, another age and great memories. We were very lucky to be in such times.
I miss your Dad and enjoy every time we are together. I have not met his
lady. She sounds terrific.
Your condos sound terrific are the on Coldwater itself?
I do look forward to seeing you again.
Abrazos
Michael

> Michael, I so remember Hair....remember I am older then every
> remembers...and my sweet wonderful father forgets....I will turn 50 next
> June as my father just does not recall my age..but hey if I were him I
> wouldn't either...my father looks so fantastic and usually go to visit him
> and Sandra every summer...this summer have not been able to get there for
> business reasons...but hope to late summer early fall....I have a great time
> with dad my week in DC and Virginia!...he has an awesome wonderful away
> place in alittle small town about 50 minutes from Dulles airport..you should
> go visit him..he is my touch stone and I enjoy each and every minute with
> him...I am in the middle of selling 24 units of a new construction condo
> being built on Coldwater Canyon in Studio City and my grand opening is not
> until Sept. 11th, so I have not been able to do my yearly trip to spend with
> dad..but hoping that the units sell fast and I can get out there to be with
> him for at least a week as usual...before the dead of winter hits...Have you
> met his woman Sandra..she is wonderful and he seems to be the happiest I
> have ever seem my father ever.....she appears to be the woman for him...and
> they have a great life together in Virginia...I like her alot and am so
> happy for dad!.....There sense of humor is complete and they seem so very
> connected!..It is great to see!....Oh Michael light years away from the
> Terri days.....and those days are a horse of a different color are they
> not!.....hope to see you soon, Tina
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Little Birdie" <lbirdie at hotmail.com>
> To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:42 AM
> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW:Exhibit aims to bring home human costs of Iraq
> conflict
> 
> 
>> I wonder what made them choose the title for this exhibit?
>> 
>> "Our eyes are open, our eyes are open....Wide, wide, wide........"
>> 
>> Nina
>> 
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>> 
>> Daily Hampshire Gazette
>> Exhibit aims to bring home human costs of Iraq conflict
>> By NICK GRABBE Staff Writer
>> 
>> 
>> AMHERST - Kevin English of Amherst was close to tears as he walked past
> 908
>> pairs of black combat boots, each bearing the name of a U.S. soldier
> killed
>> in Iraq.
>> 
>> I find it seriously moving, said English, a Vietnam veteran. ''It's not a
>> protest; it's a fitting memorial for those who have died.''
>> 
>> The exhibit on the town common Tuesday also included 1,000 pairs of shoes
>> placed in concentric circles, a memorial to Iraqi civilians killed in the
>> war. Called ''Eyes Wide Open,'' the exhibit also included a 10-minute
> video
>> on justifications for the war, photographs of Iraqi civilians, and a
>> sculpture of 10,000 bullets molded into a plowshare, a biblical reference
>> symbolizing peace.
>> 
>> Elaine Mishkind of Amherst said the combat boots, arrayed in 31 rows of 29
>> boots each, resembled a graveyard. ''It puts a human face on the war,''
> she
>> said.
>> 
>> The exhibit is scheduled to be at the Easthampton Library Thursday from 8
>> a.m. to 7 p.m. and at St. Mary's Church in Northampton Monday from noon to
>> 8:30 p.m.
>> 
>> A Belchertown couple whose son committed suicide six weeks ago, about a
> year
>> after returning from Iraq, addressed about 200 people on the Amherst
> common
>> Tuesday night. They added his boots to the display.
>> 
>> ''The horrific evils of war ate away at his humanity,'' said Kevin Lucey.
> He
>> called his son Jeffrey ''an uncounted casualty of the war'' and said there
>> are many like him.
>> 
>> ''He extended his hand for help, but he didn't reach soon enough or far
>> enough,'' he said. ''These boots may represent a number or a statistic,
> but
>> to us they represent souls, smiles, laughter, tears, hopes and dreams of
>> lives ended far too soon, of lives unfulfilled.''
>> 
>> Joyce Lucey said the boots show the emotional cost of war. She said many
>> soldiers come home with demons that society must confront.
>> 
>> Her son was not prepared for the horrors of war, she said. ''His humanity
>> was in conflict with what he had to do,'' she said.
>> 
>> His sisters, Kelly and Debbie, read from their brother's letters from
> Iraq.
>> A hat Jeffrey Lucey wore there was affixed to a display of photographs
>> showing him at different stages of his life, including his time in Iraq.
>> 
>> Karen Hurd of Florence, the mother of a soldier who returned from Iraq in
>> February, read a letter he wrote shortly after his captain was killed.
> ''As
>> we look at war, we must remember that there are no winners,'' she said.
>> 
>> Al Miller of Leverett, a Vietnam veteran, said all people who die in war
>> send out vibrations to those who knew them.
>> 
>> ''I'm afraid to tell you what the cost of war is and that it never goes
> away
>> and we can't seem to change the direction,'' he said.
>> 
>> Nick Grabbe can be reached at ngrabbe at gazettenet.com.
>> Copyright Daily Hamshire Gazette
>> 
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