BLESSED MEMORIAL DAY

 TODAY is Memorial Day, at least in the USA, I guess in Britian it's called just a "Bank Holiday" and I have no idea what they do in Canada or Australia ... but here we remember those we lost in WAR ....

Those who served, .... and died...
Those who served ... and came back, at least part of them did ...
Those who served ... and came back with emotional issues
Those who served ... and survived

Okay - This is NOT Labor Day .... we are NOT supposed to be celebrating a day off work ...

We are supposed to be remembering ...

My Father, who helped patriot POWs from German concentration camps - go ahead, try to tell me it didn't happen - I've got some opinions on this one.

My Mom's big brother, who was a POW in Japan - it was said he came back with some pretty major issues which broke up his marriage and other addictive issues as well.

Then there are ALL of my Uncle's on my father's side - they ALL served during @@II ... in EVERY branch of service.

Then there are people like my Coucin -  a prud Marine, who served with pride.

And my son-in-law, who was in the Navy but was discharged because he kept dislocating his shoulder - if I remember correctly - but he was there.

and my oldest daughter - who tried to be a Marine, but just couldn't make it through Basic (they rushed her in and she wasn't quite ready yet) ... she still talks about her time with pride and dreams .... 

This is for the Police Officers and Firefighters as well - at least in my mind - who were lost during their duty.

Remember them all ....

Say a prayer - even if its "Thank You"  and that's it - you don't need to go to a cemetary .... you don't need to do anything else.

Just REMEMBER THEM

Then, once that's done .... you may move on with your day ....