Remember

It's a sunny, but very muggy day. Today the laundry has to be done as usual. My family will still get hungry and when I cook I will make a tremendous mess as usual. It's pretty much a ordinary day, but yet its not.

Today for thousands of Americans today is anything, but normal.

Memorial day.

 Mothers, fathers, little brothers, big and little sisters have sent off their loved ones to war so many times for decades.

There might have been letters. Recently there might have been phone calls and maybe a Skype call. Family and friends at home would find comfort in those small bites of communication, but impatiently they were waiting when at last they could hug their solider and know at last they were safely home.


Home coming for many of those soldiers was not what it should have been. A flag draped coffin was all so many families saw]. Instead of shouts of glee shrill mournful taps play as families say goodbye for the last time.

Awful. Cruel. War is ugly. It was not God's design for us to fight with one another to the bloody end. Our world is full of hate and sin and thus horrible things are sometimes necessary to overcome evil.

Defeating evil does not come without a price.

Lives of Americans soldiers is an unmeasurable cost. There is nothing we can do to replace the stolen lives.


Today I haven't forgotten those that have paid the ultimate price. I wish I could shake the wrinkly hand of a war bride who was suddenly made a widow and tell her thank you. I want to bring a batch of bread to the now single mom of three children and tell her thank you. I want to thank the parents who proudly fly a flag in their front yard in memory of their only son. 

 Thank you to those who waited at home for someone who would never come. Thank you to those who are still ready to fight for our country. We need you.