Memorial Day

Memorial Day was founded to honor our soldiers that have fallen in battle.  People flock to the cemeteries to honor those brave men and women that gave their lives so that we could be free.  Me I hate cemeteries, and I hate crowds, so I stay far, far away from parks, cemeteries and national monuments.  How do I celebrate, well bar-b-ques and beer of course!  Yes I am one of those American that believe that this is the perfect way to celebrate Memorial Day, but I also know why we celebrate Memorial Day.  Far to many Americans think of Memorial Day as just some random three day weekend, hence the beer and bar-b-ques.  I celebrate Memorial Day thus because I believe the way to truly honor those that fought and died for us it to relish that we are alive, to honor the freedom's that we have, to continue to fight tyranny and bigotry.  I believe that I honor our fallen soldiers everyday, because I live and I remember them.   If it weren't for those fallen soldiers I may not be alive, and many of you can say the same thing.  I have had ancestors serve in many of America's wars, including the Revolution.  If any of them had been the one to die, I wouldn't be here and neither would my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins.  So I ask all of you on this Memorial Day, to have a moment of silence and thank those that died so we could live, then LIVE and be free.  And take the time to thank a solider, I know it's not Veteran's Day but they really don't hear it near enough.

In memory of Patrick Pruett, loving father and friend.  We will always miss you.  1948-2009