Memorial Day

All weekend I have been watching stories of soldiers who put their lives on the line for our freedom.  Many mothers who have lost their sons or daughters have been interviewed.  So, needless to say, it has been a triple tissue weekend.

I look at these strong young men and women and try to imagine them as small children, roughly the ages of my own kids.  They were someone's baby.  They cuddled familiar arms that held them tight.  They went on family vacations.  They drove their moms nuts.  They were someone's child.

I've been driving my kids to distraction because every time they get within arms reach I grab them and hug them up.  I can not imagine sending them in to harm's way and yet so many mothers have done just that.  They have sent their babies to protect our freedom.

So this weekend, I will remember and pay tribute to the soldiers, but I will also remember their families and all that they have sacrificed for this nation.