Soldier of the Cross is an eclectic collection ofhumorous and touching poetry of everydayevents from working at a large church aswell as a long Army career.Stories traverse from triplets in the wombbeing born and a body buried in a cemeterysharing his thoughts. Tales of troops in basictraining to the sadness of a military funeral.There are poems of lost friends and familymembers and how the author never got overit but got through it.This book is meant to be entertainmentand enlightenment for all ages. The storiesprayers and rhymes are attempts to remindthe elders and educate the younger readerson what is important: Life well lived is themost precious gift you can give to humanityno matter how short.