Memorial Day Weekend

We (the Mrs., kids and I) spent a good part of the day visiting grave sites of family and friends that have passed before us.

What a beautiful day we had to do this. The sun was shining bright but the temperature just right.

How many people out there think Memorial Day is all about the picnics and BBQs? While walking around the headstones of the young and old, I got thinking about how much we owe to these people. Wither they were an ancestor from our past or someone who touched our lives while we crossed paths somehow.

While standing near Grandpa Nelson's and Grandpa J's,I looked around all the other headstones with there's and wondered how much they went through establishing what we have now. While standing near Sarah's, Rustin's and Missy's, I wondered how unfair it was for the young to leave us so soon. Each and everyone, effected my life somehow.

During this weekend of paying tribute, to those who I crossed paths with, Thank You for making me a better person. To my ancestors I never got the chance to meet, Thank You, in a round about way, I am you, I hope I make you proud. And to those served and fought for this beloved country, I will be forever grateful, your service was not in vain.