We proudly fly the Stars and Stripes this weekend. We salute our veterans and those currently protecting us all over the world and especially those who didn’t come home to smiles and hugs and family and friends. We’ve lost so many brave warriors. Remember them this Memorial Day. It’s the least we can do.
In this community we honor a different warrior and a different kind of war. Remember them too. These soldiers paid it forward in the science world where wars against cancer are constant.
Memorial Day is many days on the calendar.
Share This Post
May 26, 2012 @ 6:03 pm
Happy Memorial Day weekend!
May 26, 2012 @ 4:37 pm
Our Heroes
To gaze upon the lush, emerald green fields and see the columns and rows
of alabaster crosses perfectly aligned and standing at attention as if to guard
those fallen warriors who lie beneath brings a lump to my throat and a tear to
my eye. “No greater gift can be given than to lay down your life for another.”
These Gardens of Stone convey a beauty unlike any other garden. No colorful
plants or flowers grow here and yet the beauty is breathtaking! The silence and
quiet embrace the landscape. These are sacred places worthy of reverence
and remembrances.
The crosses are etched with names, dates, and services. There isn’t enough
room to capture the fallen’s life history. But at each cross when family members
stand to pay their respects, snippets and glimpses of their lives come cascading
out of the memory banks. Laughter and tears, joy and sadness and a longing..if
only.. fill the emotions. Prayers of peace, mercy, grace and forgiveness are
silently said with lips moving and quivering.
We honor those who served this country and served it well. They are not forgotten.
As the sun silently slips beneath the horizon, the mournful sound of a lone bugler
playing Taps echoes across the fields signaling that it is time to sleep, to rest
for you have given all you have to give.
I always try to pay my respects to those who served. This is my humble attempt.
I have visited several Gardens of Stone and am always moved by the peace and
quiet and serenity.
I also never forget that most everyday is someone’s Memorial Day for the cancer
warriors who are no longer with us. Blessings to us one and all on this Memorial
Day.
May 25, 2012 @ 10:49 pm
Well said Laurie.. I hope you find time to enjoy your memories! Thoughts…Lor