The below are just a few personal thoughts about this upcoming Memorial Day.
Armed Forces Day is to celebrate those still in uniform. It is truly a day for celebration.
Veterans Day is to celebrate those who served but are no longer in uniform. It is also truly a day for celebration.
Memorial Day, however, is to remember those who never came home. It is not a day of celebration, it is a day for remembrance. It is time to remember with love those who served but never came home. So let us please not wish each other a "Happy Memorial Day", there's nothing happy about it.
I wish you wonderful loving memories for those in your lives who never came home.
I have been in the below man's place at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. I was sobbing so hard I was shaking and more than a little embarrassed to have been like that in full view of many around me. I want to go back but I'm almost afraid to experience that again.
Armed Forces Day is to celebrate those still in uniform. It is truly a day for celebration.
Veterans Day is to celebrate those who served but are no longer in uniform. It is also truly a day for celebration.
Memorial Day, however, is to remember those who never came home. It is not a day of celebration, it is a day for remembrance. It is time to remember with love those who served but never came home. So let us please not wish each other a "Happy Memorial Day", there's nothing happy about it.
I wish you wonderful loving memories for those in your lives who never came home.
I have been in the below man's place at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. I was sobbing so hard I was shaking and more than a little embarrassed to have been like that in full view of many around me. I want to go back but I'm almost afraid to experience that again.