May 29, 2006
Remembering
It was over 2 years ago that I first started blogging in the current incarnation. After years of coming to terms with the physical absence of my loved ones, I began to feel and come to terms with the emotional depth of the void their absence left.
In that first post I honored my friends and thus embarked on the journey of my own emotional healing.
I still miss and love them and wish they were all here, but the painful grief has greatly subsided because I've been able to write/blog it out of me. The grief has been replaced with loving memories and a gratitude for their service and their loving caring friendship.
What preoccupies me today is emotionally supporting the families who have lost loved ones in combat and teaching my son the values he needs to learn. Values such as how to be a good caring citizen and the cost and value of freedom. On this Memorial Day when service to our country is equated with negatives, I counter with positives. I counter with celebrating our democratic principles and the men/women who have fought and died to preserve our way of life and share these principles with others around the world.
On this day I will honor those who lost their lives in pursuit and hope of sharing our values with others. They will always be heroes in my book!
