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Thursday, May 28, 2009

MEMORIAL DAY THOUGHTS

Hope everyone out there had a good, safe, Memorial Day and weekend! Ours was nice too. We took time to stop and think about what Memorial day means to us personally. My 24 year old nephew in in the Army and is doing his 3rd tour over seas right now. He's due to come home in a couple of weeks and we're all looking forward to seeing him again and praying that all goes well. His dad, my brother, was also an Army guy and did his time in Panama. One of my cousins is a lifer in the Army and just left Fort Hood for his 6th tour over seas. His dad was a lifer as well and retired from the Army. My dad spent a couple of tours in the Air Force - and we're still hearing his stories from it like it was yesterday. :) Mom's dad and all 4 of her brothers were in the Army or Air Force and all did their part for our country and our people. One of her brothers lost his life in the line of duty, as have many other military people over the years. He is still remembered and missed 52 years later. Let's remember the lives lost and do the best we can for the living.

3 comments:

Winston said...

Hi Terrie. Been a long time since I heard from you. Glad to see you're still blogging. Would like to see you on Banned Books Cafe someday. Anyway, happy holidays.

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Terrie said...

It's been a long time since I heard from you too, Winston! See what you started with this blogging thing?! I've been reading on Banned Books Cafe and you've been doing some serious reading lately. I'm impressed!