His name was Trevor. His branch was the Marines. His hometown was 10 miles from mine.
It was just a routine helicopter training, but he never again came back to that home by choice.
His story is one of so many, and his family is one of so many left behind. This is why, in the year and a half since we stood on Main Street at 2 AM and watched the military processional bring Trevor home for the last time, my parents, Rick, and I have worked to create a song in his honor and in honor of all those members of the military who don’t come home. We recorded it two weeks ago with the help of Rick’s family, and it is now available on CD, thanks to a grant that we were awarded, to be sent out to local churches and the families of those service members.
Since one of the most remarkable things about blogging is the global audience that you’d never otherwise connect with, I’m using this post as a platform for spreading the word beyond my own community. If you know of someone who we could send this song to, please contact me here or leave a comment. You can listen to it below.
Thank you to all service members and their families for the sacrifice you have made in serving our country!
This project is made possible by the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS legislature.
when i click to play it it says the video is private. :( i think the sentiment behind it is amazing whatever the song.
ReplyDeleteIt tells me that the video is private.
ReplyDeleteBut you all are still awesome anyways!! I lost a classmate a few years ago to a roadside bomb. I graduated in a class of 50 so needless to say we were all pretty close.
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DeleteTrevor graduated with Rick--it was also a class of around 50. Same school I'm working at now...which makes the whole thing even more meaningful to us.
Wow Erin!! Is that you singing? What a beautiful tribute.
ReplyDeleteYes…and it weirds me out. Makes me appreciate people who can sing live for hours on end and not waver on pitch AT ALL. :)
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ReplyDeleteHis name was Troy. He was a pilot. Our families met at church. We camped together, sailed together, barbecued together...
He's been gone for almost 6 years now. We still miss him.
Thank you for the beautiful song, Erin. Would love to see the lyrics.
That was absolutely beautiful - quite a moving tribute to all our military service personnel who have ever served. My dad was a Marine who served in the Korean Conflict and passed away in 2008, my step-dad was a WWII Army veteran who died just this past July. This song also reminded me of all the guys I went to high school with who were drafted into the service and sent to fight in Vietnam - many of whom never returned. Thank you for participating in this project, Erin. May God Bless you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful song!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a beautiful thing to do Erin! Your voice is gorgeous by the way.
ReplyDeleteI love that you (each of you) are using your gifts and talents to honor those who are most deserving. So many of us have been affected by friends and family lost in battle. (Justin's cousin died in Iraq a couple of years ago.) Very beautiful and moving.
ReplyDeleteI also love hearing your pretty voice. I can hear your "speaking" voice as you sing, if that makes any sense. And I agree...hearing my own recorded voice creeps me out. I have a cassette tape of myself singing karaoke while on vacation at a resort at age 12. It should be burned. Lol.
Beautiful song and tribute, Erin.
ReplyDeleteHis name was Aaron Ullom, he was 20 and a medic in the Navy. Been gone for over a year, died saving another soldiers life. We went to high school together. Your song is beautiful and made me cry after about 5 seconds of listening to it.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful song. Amazing lyrics. Thanks for sharing. I'm defiantly passing this on.
ReplyDeleteso beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful tribute to fallen soldiers of our country. I am grateful for their sacrifice and for your song's tribute to it.
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