{"id":1172,"date":"2025-11-11T14:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2025-11-13T11:43:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:43:47","slug":"to-the-kid-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/?p=1172","title":{"rendered":"TO THE KID SISTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TO THE KID SISTER<br \/>\nYou were only a kid, little sister,<br \/>\nWhen I started over the sea,<br \/>\nBut you\u2019ve grown quite a lot since I came here,<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019ve written a letter to me,<br \/>\nAnd nobody knows that you wrote it\u2014<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a secret\u2014and we\u2019ll keep it well,<br \/>\nYour brother and you and the ocean,<br \/>\nAnd nobody\u2019s going to tell.<\/p>\n<p>You were only a tot when I left you.<br \/>\nI remember I bade you goodbye.<br \/>\nAnd kissed you, a little bit flustered,<br \/>\nAnd you promised you never would cry.<br \/>\nBut I know that you cried, little sister,<br \/>\nAs soon as I\u2019d gone out the door,<br \/>\nAnd did I cry myself? I\u2019m a soldier,<br \/>\nSo don\u2019t ask me anything more.<\/p>\n<p>I think of you often, kid sister\u2014<br \/>\nYou\u2019re the only kid sister I\u2019ve got\u2014<br \/>\nI know you\u2019ll be good to your mother,<br \/>\nAnd I know that you\u2019ll help her a lot.<br \/>\nAnd whenever she seems to be gloomy<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve just got to cheer her somehow\u2014<br \/>\nYou were only a kid to your brother,<br \/>\nBut you\u2019re more than the world to him now.<br \/>\nJ.T.W., Pvt.,A.S.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1173\" style=\"width: 755px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister1.jpg 755w, http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister1-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1918 Yanks &#8211; Kid Sister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1174\" style=\"width: 975px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"975\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister2.jpg 975w, http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister2-300x71.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.christianmountainliving.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/KidSister2-768x182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1918 Yanks &#8211; Kid Sister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TO THE KID SISTER You were only a kid, little sister, When I started over the sea, But you\u2019ve grown &hellip; 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