Fallen Soilder

     I was going about my morning yesterday when I was turning toward my next delivery, I noticed cones blocking my entrance. I went ahead and went to my next delivery, when it dawned on me that they were setting up for Spc. Ryan Jayne's return home. This kind of return wasn't a happy one. He was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. A large flag was draped over Pulteney Street between two fire trucks. As I drove across the bridge, I saw people lining up near the fire dept.. There were businesses on Tioga Ave coming out to bring him home all with flags big and small. When I reached the library I was sorting out the mail in the back, I looked up and at that moment the Hearst went by. I stopped what I was doing and  had a moment of silence for him.( he deserves the respect) I then realized how close to home it was. He was my daughters age and she went to school with him.( a little to close for me) My deepest respects and sympathy to his family.