THE WALL OF FACES

Rick, I feel as if I know you and for a long time now I've wanted to tell you thanks. Without your having made the ultimate sacrifice I and my family would have suffered the same pain and loss that your family did. Thank you for making it possible for my brother to come home, thank you for his life. I wish you could have come home with him. Thank You.

Rick, I've often wondered what I'll say to you when we meet again. I guess it is simply, Thank You. Thank you for the beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Thank you for the rainy days in Oregon, thank you for the ocean that I see everyday because of you. Thank you for the beautiful Columbia River, thank you for the feel of the wind in my hair. Thank you for everyday of the last 31 years that I have lived because of you. Thank you for allowing me to meet our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ, without you I would not have lived long enough to meet him. But most of all, thank you for my son, who would not have been born without your sacrifice. Thank you friend, for my life.