[Kathy in Alaska]

US troops listen as US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld addresses them at Camp Buehring in Kuwait before their scheduled departure for Iraqi combat-zones.(AFP/POOL/Larry Downing)

Please, God, let loved ones see loved ones.

[Fawnn]

Please, God, let loved ones see loved ones.

Dear Lord, that's the important prayer -- that and we also ask that You protect all who serve our country and keep them from harm's way.

But if you should happen to find time to give that nice 50-ish- Christian-conservative-intellectual-faithful-monogamous-minded- cuddly-understanding-organic-gardener-with-a-big-kitchen-and-nice- forearms widower with or without a beard and optional hair on top of his head a little nudge in the correct direction so that he notices the appropriate person, well, that'd be nice, too.