Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day weekend.  It is a cold rainy weekend here, but hopefully that does not stop people from celebrating our military who died while in service to our country.  There are many different celebrations that are braving the cold and rain and others planned for tomorrow.  

I have so many memories from Memorial Day growing up.  The parade through town with the Brownies/Girl Scouts marching in the parade.  The band played drums to march with and later Taps. Aunt Shirley dropped a bundle of purple lilacs in the river while there was a moment of silence.   The cemetery where the parade stopped.  

It wasn’t until I was older that I realized Aunt Shirley was a gold star mother.  Even longer before I understood one of her sons had died in Vietnam and that is why she was a gold star mother.  It was years later that Dad told me the story about how he knew and brought the soldier who came to tell her son died.  He was a cousin I didn’t know, as he was quite a bit older than me, but I know my mom taught him math in school.  

Having said all that Memorial Day also around here also means it is safe (probably) to plant veggies and annuals.  Somewhere there is a picture of Dad and Uncle Don sitting in the shade resting after planting our garden.  Uncle Don’s garden was planted first, then ours after the parade and the cemetery.  

Please take a moment to remember those who have died.  

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