Some Thoughts for Memorial Day...
For those of us in America, I just wanted to wish you a very happy Memorial Day weekend... as we remember ALL of our fallen troops, living or otherwise. Speaking for myself, (and I think many would agree), I wish there were no such thing as war. However, it is a fact of our human existence, I'm afraid. Some have been killed in action in various wars. Others are survivors after the wars, but have spent less than ideal lives afterward. That is what I mean by "fallen" troups. My father spent 19 terrifying months in on the front lines in Korea during the Korean War, and thank God he survived... or I wouldn't be here. He doesn't talk about his experiences much, but according to my aunts (his sisters), he came back a changed man, but not for the better. He now suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. However, like many other former military folks who had experiences like him, he would never admit that he suffers from such a thing. But we, his fami...