For any of you who do not know who Pat Dollard is, well all I can say is this: He's a man I'd be proud to call a friend in real life, but at this point in time I can only call him a blogger I truly admire, a film maker I fully support and as you will see below, the kind of man who truly understands the meaning of Christmas. I dare anyone to show me a greater friend to the United States Marine Corps than Pat Dollard.
For you newcomers to Pat, you can read his blog, read the history behind his upcoming documentary entitled "Young Americans" and hear about his path from Hollywood to Iraq and back home to finish his work. Just simply go to: http://www.patdollard.com/
Now, with that all said, here is the special gift that Pat Dollard is delivering this Christmas (you can read all of Pat's weekend adventure here):
For you newcomers to Pat, you can read his blog, read the history behind his upcoming documentary entitled "Young Americans" and hear about his path from Hollywood to Iraq and back home to finish his work. Just simply go to: http://www.patdollard.com/
Now, with that all said, here is the special gift that Pat Dollard is delivering this Christmas (you can read all of Pat's weekend adventure here):
10:52 A.M. December 22nd, 2007 Posted By Pat Dollard
The Perfect Christmas
Due to a complicated set of circumstances, I will not be able to see, or even speak to, my daughter this Christmas.
I had no plans, other than to work on editing the documentary.
A couple of days ago, I received an email from the widow of a Marine I was with in Iraq, one of whose children had never seen his father. Neither this woman, Julie Shumney, or any of her children, had seen any video footage of their father, and his incredibly brave, dangerous, and patriotic work in Fallujah, back during the bad old days of the battle through it. I had given her an access code to download some of the footage but it wasn’t working. Plus it was not much of the footage of her husband. Circumstances had prevented me from getting it all to her and his family earlier.
Upon receipt of her email, I realized I could spend the necessary time this weekend culling together all the tapes of her husband, Lt. Dustin Shumney, and then fly to Texas on Christmas Day, and deliver it to Julie.
Between the airline flight attendants, the desk clerks at Avis, and the Shumneys, I will spend this Christmas entirely with strangers, but since I will be able to see my daughter another time, this will be the perfect Christmas.
No comments:
Post a Comment