Shame on me, I suppose for this being my first post in almost 2 months and here it is a week late. I am going through an anxiety ridden time right now and I guess I am also somewhat depressed about an issue of which I will not write at this point. I will only say it is a serious legal matter. Hopefully one that will be resolved in my favor as it is something in which I wad accused of wrongdoing. I am 100% convinced I did no wrong and that such will eventually come to light. In the meantime though, I am at my wits end with worry because in today's world nothing is as simple as right versus wrong any longer and because of that it has me feeling down a lot of the time.
Enough about me, now to get to today. I hope you all have been enjoying the long weekend. Much more importantly, I hope and pray that you have not forgotten the reason we have a holiday called Memorial Day nor that you are confused as to whom we are supposed to memorialize today (well on the actual holiday anyway, as I said I am posting this quite late, it was written up o time then I neglected posting it). Today, you, I and everyone who us an American citizen or a legal resident alien and even many people in foreign lands (especially those in Europe and Asia) should be remembering and honoring all those in U.S. military service who lost their lives during war defending our great nation and many other nations around the world such as during WW I and WW II (World War Two not World War Eleven).
I think, we all should not only remember that they made the ultimate sacrifice so that among other things, but most importantly, we would remain a free people living in a land of freedom, unity, abundance and opportunity. We have it better probably than any other nation on earth and the reason for that is because our military has assured that for years to come, after whatever war was being fought, our rights, freedoms and liberties to enjoy them would remain intact for future generations. Throughout our history, as I understand it, approximately 1.8 million U. S. service men & women lost their lives during war or lessor armed military confrontations. They gave up their lives for their loved ones, for fellow Americans and for those of us who were not yet the hint of a twinkle in our patents' eyes. May they rest in peace.
That said, may I suggest you take at least a few moments today to think about them, to think about how them losing their lives affected their families ,& loved ones, how in the long run it affected ourselves and those yet to be born as citizens and ff those who will naturalize as the same. If so inclined say as prayer for them. Thank God for them and their sacrifice, get your family and BBQ guests to do likewise before chowing down and swigging some brews. Give them the respect that is due to them because without their sacrifices we might all have wound up speaking Japanese or German. If our parents and grandparents were lucky enough to survive and wind up producing us, it is quite possibly only because of those sacrifices. Just imagine living under an actual real Nazi regime, things would be miserable for us, I am certain of that. So we owe them a lot but somehow dedicate only one day to them and way too many of us do not even give them a moment's thought today. Please don't be one of them. Please dedicate your thoughts and is so inclined also your prayers to them today lest they be forgotten and be dishonored because all you can think about is shoving a hot dog and some type of beverage into your pie holes. Thank you to those of you who show then respect and honor today.
Now let me get back to the present: I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day and that you showed respect for those of our military who made the greatest sacrifice of all and that you also said a prayer for, or at least gave a thought to, them and their families
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