misty autumn

When I was young, Memorial Day was a day was just another holiday and a day for barbecue and as I got older barbecue and beer. Well things have a funny way of changing, or maybe its just called growing older. Either way, Memorial Day means much more to me now. A day of remembering those who have come on gone before me, remembering both my grandfathers who were in the service, remember stories Papa told me of the war when he was surrounded by Japanese solders while just trying to get a drink of water and thinking “if I can just have this water I’ll never ask of anything again” (he never did ask for anything), and hearing about his fallen friends in Pearl Harbor.

Today is a time of reflection, how good it feels to be alive and how much it hurts to lose those you love. Everyone complains about this war going on, myself included, but we really need to stop and support our men and women who are fighting this war. Don’t make them feel their efforts and lives are put in danger for a useless cause. I could NEVER do what they are doing right now and for that I highly respect them for their courage and bravery.

So for those of you who are here now and those who have passed from this life… peace be with you.

Filed under: daily on May 26th, 2008