Memorial Day is Meaningful

Self | May 25, 2003 | Chu Gary

[Chu Gary]

Tomorrow is Memorial Day. The reason for the designation is to memorialize those vets who died to assure the freedom that we all enjoy.

If you can, place some flowers or a flag in a cemetery at the grave of a veteran. If you can't, a prayer would also be great.

Most all free people in the U.S. have lost a friend or a relative in defense of freedom.

[vikingchick]

My uncle, who I never knew, was KIA in Korea in 1951. My grandmother wrote this poem for him. Grandma was a Gold Star Mother. God bless our fallen heroes.

Always 22

Walk softly; Mother’s dreaming
Of her boy who marched away----
Went to fight for me and you,
And he was only “22.”

He looked so strong that day,
As he went marching far away,
He loved the red, white, and blue,
But, he was only “22.”

Yes, walk softly and let her dream;
The years will quickly pass,
I’ll grow older, and so will you ---
But her boy will always be “just 22.”