Soldier of God

I met this man on a flight out of Detroit heading to Atlanta. He was shipping out, bound for Korea, I think he said. He was a GIANT, very tall, very strong and solid looking, quite formidable. I overheard him tell the passenger next to him that his mother had given him this bear as he left her. It was soft and fuzzy and said "Now I lay me down to sleep . . . " on it's foot. When I snapped this picture I had glanced over at him and was moved to tears by what I saw. Here was a Giant of a man, a soldier, who was everything a soldier should be - big, tough, strong - in his most vulnerable state - asleep. And who was watching over him, but his soft, snuggly Teddy Bear, obviously a Soldier of God.