Posted on Dec 22, 2015
MAJ Ken Landgren
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- When your pet is old give it some love, because sometimes you never know when to say good bye.
- If a loved one is deploying make sure you say a sincere good bye.
- If loved ones are traveling don't forget to say good bye.
- If a loved one is fighting a terminal disease, help them get confidence to say good bye.

You just never know when you might have to say good bye.
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Tell them, or better yet do something that you enjoy doing together. I can think of no better way to say good bye than have the last memory be a happy one.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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I agree with you. It will certainly cause less regrets when the maker comes early.
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My thoughts exactly, sir.
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Sgt David G Duchesneau
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I know what it means to say goodbye because at an early age of eighteen, I held many of my fellow Marines, my brothers in arms, my friends in my arms in Vietnam and said "Goodbye my Friend.' But even after all those years, I still say Goodbye and one of my hardest was when my mom passed away. I was holding her in my arms and when she let go of that last breath, I kissed her on the forehead and said "Goodbye mom, I love you!" I didn't cry and all I thought was that God gave me a gift, a miracle if you will, because my mom was holding me when I came into this world and I was holding her when she left. The true Circle of Life!
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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Thank you for your eloquent thoughts.
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MAJ Ken Landgren I never say good bye, it has a ring of finality
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That is one way to capture eternity.
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SSG(P) D. Wright Downs
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I have "run into" if you will, so many people who I served with in the Army, that I find 'good-byes' are not called for. I did not say 'good-bye to many of the people who I cared for most, respected most. It is a small world, made smaller by transportation, jobs, and communications. Amazing how one can literly stumble across a person one once served with. I now say, " I will see you later," and let it go at that.
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