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A Memorial Day Reflection

  Memorial Day is always noteworthy for me and my girls.  Next Thursday marks the third year of missing their father, my husband. So many thoughts  run through my mind.  The journey of loss takes on various emotions.  The strongest feeling, at first, was emptiness.  In a split second, I would forget he departed forever.  I imagined things I needed to talk to him about when he got back home.  My mind is realistic now.  He's not coming back.  There will be no more times of sitting on the porch swing together on the front deck staring at the moon and the stars.  He would tell me all he knew about the majestic night sky. I have so much I wish I could tell him, like the excitement of seeing our oldest grandchild make a decision to follow Jesus and get baptized on Mother's Day!  And our little Amy, 11 years old, I wish he could have seen her on stage receiving her induction to the National Honor Society. Our daughters have their own ...

Remembering Viet Nam

My husband’s cousin and his wife visited a few weeks ago.  The guys play down their war experiences yet the topic of Viet Nam pops up in conversation.  Remember that war? The rebellion of the 1960’s tells many stories.  I felt unrest as a teenager in that decade. ·         Young people trampled on traditional values and hippies emerged. ·         Street artists drew daisy flowers on everything. ·         Girls wore miniskirts and boys grew long hair. ·         Ugly politics surfaced. ·         Many smoked marijuana and experimented with LSD. ·         Folk singers and rock musicians wrote anti war songs. ·         Rallies beckoned many to protest the Viet Nam War. Not all rebelled. My husband...