Memorial Day
I always have thought that I must be one of The Worst people when it comes to holidays and remembering the reason we get a day off. This year, I’m hoping to do better. After 2 days of birthday parties for Ashley’s 1st birthday (one for friends and one for family), we made it to the Memorial Day parade early this morning. Thomas was in it with his Sonshine pre-school class, and we stayed to see the ceremonies for the Veteran’s for as long as we could with the two kids.
I, unfortunately, did not make it to my grandparents grave (I’m hoping to get there by Wednesday) or many others outside of that. I did stop by Shawn Clemens memorial at the top of 5th street, but that was all that I physically made it to. It was my uncle’s birthday who served in Vietnam and I took TJ and my father-in-law up there to fish. My father served in the Korean War, but neither one have talked very much about either war.
More than anything else, I really just wanted to write a few thoughts about today….I did get better about acknowledging the day, but I have a long way to go. I feel very fortunate that I was never called on to go into battle, but I like to think that I would’ve gone had situations called on it. It is something I think about all the time, but I do have a hard time expressing my feelings about.
Thank you to all of our soldiers, both those who are serving and those that I have fallen. One thing I’ve always been good at our my nighttime prayers and right behind my prayers for the family and friends of those sick or who have passed away, I ALWAYS pray for our troops, their safety, their families and for our leaders to make good decisions.
I hope everyone had a Happy Memorial Day.
