Its Memorial Day At Least We Can Remember

Memorial Day...

Take a minute to reflect with no images, no videos, and no sales hype, to just picture in your mind...and really remember what has been done for you and I. I want us to take a short minute to think about what its like to be away from home and family in hostile territory.

You're a Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine, its makes no difference. You're thousands of miles from home. You're tired, afraid, anxious, and always on guard in your mind. When you get a few minutes where you feel a little safe, you pull letters or pictures from home out of your pocket; your wife, your children, you brothers or sisters, your mother and father...even your dog or cat. You wonder if you will ever get to see them again.

Imagine being in a cold rain covered mud filled fox hole, or on a wind blown heat drenched sand dune as your look around for the very last time as you take your last breath; imagine being on a sinking ship with no way out, or falling from the sky in a doomed aircraft. Imagine being a prisoner of war in a lonely cell with rats and little if any food as you often undergo mental and physical torture. Imagine being wounded loosing an arm or leg or worse. Imagine violently loosing some of your closest friends or buddies right in front of your eyes while you can do nothing to help.

Imagine those things and you will just be getting close to seeing what Memorial Day is about. We owe a large debt to those that gave so much. At least take a minute and remember.

Mother's Day 2011

I know that this is a late Mother's Day post, but I've had some request to share it again here. I did place it on my FaceBook page on Mothers Day but some do not have FaceBook accounts. Its a short tribute to my sweet mother that has gone on to be with the Lord and to the many moms that have influenced my life over the years. Unfortunately I did not have the space or the photos needed to include them all, but its dedicated to those other moms as well. Hope you all enjoy it. Turn on your computer volume.

Happy Late Mothers Day.

John