Re: Ghost Riders Fund Raiser

May 31, 2009

My father served as a Marine in WWII and we were always very careful to avoid

saying he 'was' as Marine because once/always a Marine.

Of course if I see the Leatherhead MC folks I will host them and honor their

commitment to the corps and community service.

No matter politics and policy, we need to keep all soldiers in our hearts and

minds as they serve and as they recover from service.

Bring them home...

Love,

Rhonda

Daughter of Dan

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[ ] Ghost Riders Fund Raiser

Hi Everyone, this post has nothing at all to do with cml. Instead I want to

tell you about a fund raiser my youngest daughter, Colleen and I went to last

night.

Colleen lost her 24 yr. old ex-marine March 3 of this year, mainly due to PTSD

(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). There are a group of Marine bikers knows as

the Leathernecks MC, who attended 's funeral. They did this because they

are or were, all Marines. They came to his funeral and had a service, prayed

for Jeff and played Taps. They told colleen they would stay in touch and they

did, and invited us to their cook out last night, which is a fund raiser for

helping families affected by those with PTSD.

And what a great time we had. Tim, the main man, introduced us to all the

others, men and women both, and then they had a short service where they

presented Colleen with a lovely flag, with the Marine insignia on it, that they

had sent to the base Jeff was stationed at, and many of his buddies signed it.

Then all those Marines lined up and gave Colleen a great big hug, and said so

many nice things to her, and it is unbelievable how wonderful they all were. it

was like they threw this party just for Jeff.

I always heard, once a Marine, always a Marine, but never realized until last

night just what that meant. And I remember at the funeral for Jeff, we saw guys

we never knew, but they were Marines, and they all said, this is what we do for

a fellow Marine. How nice is that?

I know this is a bit long of a post, and a bit teary, but I wanted everyone to

know what these bikers do. If you're out and you see a bunch of bikers with

Leathenecks MC on their jackets, give them a

thumb's up for me, for colleen and for Jeff and all the other service men and

women who come back so messed up in the head they don't know how to get on with

their lives. Jeff's death was not a suicide, he did not think taking the pills

the VA gave him with beer would kill him, but then Jeff wasn't thinking straight

anymore anyway.

So hat's off to the Leatherneck bikers club and what they are trying to achieve,

I will love them forever. Bobby

May 31, 2009

Bobby what a wonderful post.

My husband is a Marine. He was in Viet Nam.

Yes once a Marine always a Marine.

These are the kinds of stories that should hit the papers and the media

should pick up on these kinds of things.

Instead of some of the trashy things that we do not need to hear about.

Tell Colleen that I know all of his friends will give her courage.

God Bless

Sharon T

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Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 6:14 AM

Subject: [ ] Ghost Riders Fund Raiser

Hi Everyone, this post has nothing at all to do with cml. Instead I want to

tell you about a fund raiser my youngest daughter, Colleen and I went to

last night.

Colleen lost her 24 yr. old ex-marine March 3 of this year, mainly due to

PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). There are a group of Marine bikers

knows as the Leathernecks MC, who attended 's funeral. They did this

because they are or were, all Marines. They came to his funeral and had a

service, prayed for Jeff and played Taps. They told colleen they would stay

in touch and they did, and invited us to their cook out last night, which is

a fund raiser for helping families affected by those with PTSD.

And what a great time we had. Tim, the main man, introduced us to all the

others, men and women both, and then they had a short service where they

presented Colleen with a lovely flag, with the Marine insignia on it, that

they had sent to the base Jeff was stationed at, and many of his buddies

signed it. Then all those Marines lined up and gave Colleen a great big hug,

and said so many nice things to her, and it is unbelievable how wonderful

they all were. it was like they threw this party just for Jeff.

I always heard, once a Marine, always a Marine, but never realized until

last night just what that meant. And I remember at the funeral for Jeff, we

saw guys we never knew, but they were Marines, and they all said, this is

what we do for a fellow Marine. How nice is that?

I know this is a bit long of a post, and a bit teary, but I wanted everyone

to know what these bikers do. If you're out and you see a bunch of bikers

with Leathenecks MC on their jackets, give them a

thumb's up for me, for colleen and for Jeff and all the other service men

and women who come back so messed up in the head they don't know how to get

on with their lives. Jeff's death was not a suicide, he did not think taking

the pills the VA gave him with beer would kill him, but then Jeff wasn't

thinking straight anymore anyway.

So hat's off to the Leatherneck bikers club and what they are trying to

achieve, I will love them forever. Bobby

May 31, 2009

Wow, a bit teary eyed for sure...This post really touched my heart. My husband

is a retired Marine but as you said, once a Marine, always a Marine. I can't

even imagine losing one of my children. I lost my Mom this past June and my Dad

just before I turned 6 years old. I was very very close to my Mom. She was my

rock and it is so hard still today because I miss her so much.. I have a Myspace

page and I have written several blogs about her and it just helps to talk about

it even if it is in writing. She was one of a kind and if anyone would like to

visit my page and read some of them, I would be honored. My Dad was the only man

she ever loved and she never even dated after he passed away. She was only 42 at

that time. Here is something that will blow your mind....my precious Mom passed

away on the same day as my Dad but 42 years later. She was awesome and she never

even held another mans hand after he passed away. How ironic is that? I didn't

mean to get

into all that but once I start talking about her, it is really hard to stop. As

for seeing the Marines that threw the party for Jeff...you have my promise that

if I ever see them, I will give them a bog thumbs up and if I get the chance to

speak to them, I will tell them how awesome that was for them to do that!!! Have

a great day.............oh my Myspace id is the same as my

email...wendyphillips54@...

From: Sharon Teichera <onthewtr@...>

Subject: RE: [ ] Ghost Riders Fund Raiser

Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 2:18 PM