Ahhh...The Start of Summer

I took this picture in the garden.

Memorial Day weekend is here.  I love how you wake up on Saturday morning and suddenly feels like summer.  Everyone who is out and about is ready to start a vay-cay ....including me.  We think about heading to the beach, starting up the grill, or going to see a blockbuster movie. Fun in the sun stuff.

But Memorial Day has the word "memorial" in it for a reason....to honor to the men and women who serve, or who have served, in the US armed forces.  We are proud to have a son serving in the Air Force and both of our fathers both were career Army soldiers.  This holiday is especially meaningful to our family.

So enjoy your barbecues, picnics, beach fun, and (hopefully) good weather.  Just don't forget to take a moment, sometime during the weekend, to reflect about the importance of the members of our military and what they have given in order for us to have the freedoms we have today...thousands of them made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

"...ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."  John F. Kennedy

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/25/3415237/the-meaning-of-memorial-day.html#storylink=cpy