Fabulous Army Life

Memorial Day 2011 We need him to be there right now, We know this in our hearts. But watching him go fight for us, It's bitter from the start. Our minds can grip the case for peace, the importance of the cause. But the mind cannot convince the heart when all we wish for is what was. We honor and remember those who have fought this fight before us, And mourn for every last lost child, Sons and daughters who implore us ... Never forget the sacrifice Of your Nation's daughters and sons. Honor those who fought for you, And remember them, one by one. So while we wait for our Soldier's return, We wait with love and expectation, That all he does will be for good And be honored by our great Nation. Happy Memorial Day 2011

I’d like to think that being an Army spouse has enhanced my views on holidays like Memorial Day. It’s one thing to honor an unknown group of heroes, and quite another to remember someone a little closer to home. Seeing the wife of a fallen Soldier in a local restaurant, watching kids whose Dad will never come home playing at the park, passing a unit headquarters with photos of their fallen comrades … common sights around the community where I live … it definitely brings this holiday home, and makes me more cognizant of those I did know as well as the numbers of unknown heroes that I didn’t. I remember another patriotic holiday, the first I had ever spent off of United States soil. My husband and I were in South Korea and had travelled to Osan to see an American 4th of July rodeo and fireworks. I had been looking forward to it and hadn’t really thought much about the fact that we were in a foreign country that day; but when our national anthem began to play, all of the sudden, I fou...