I agree. But I also know a lot of people have a hard time accepting death, no matter what form it takes or who is affected. Those people need reassurance that there was a reason for the death of someone lost in a war, even though we know that death comes to us all.
As for the living while wounded, they need us to remember not only them but their comrades in arms who may have made the ultimate sacrifice saving said wounded survivor. So I try to remember all of them because not everyone believes in God, or in Life After Death. In fact, I know someone in my own family who believes that if we are resurrected, it won’t be in the same form we have when we die.
Me? If the Savior was resurrected to His pre-eternal state, then so will we all, because He said so. So I try to be compassionate, no matter what other people believe.
D’afternoon. Kathleen was a howling brat, so I told her riding teacher she was poorly, which is only true. Then I went to bed, because I was in a funk. I’m getting too old for howling brats.
It’s raining again.
As a PS to #2149, Memorial Day is for remembering men and women who died in wars.
Veteran’s Day is for remembering our Living who fought and returned from those wars, most all of whom were wounded in some form or another. PTSD of today was “Shell Shock” of Yesterday. But it’s still wounding.