Sacrifice.....Memorial Day

Today’s word: Sacrifice

This is a word that inspires humbleness on the part of those who witness. Today is that in which we honor our Veterans, dead and alive. They have given their lives in the worst case, and their time, running into years, in the best case. They have sacrificed living for some, and sacrificed innocence for others. There is no place to hide from what they have seen, except the grave, where perhaps they finally understand why they had to sacrifice.

An unintended honoring on Memorial Day is for those whom we love that have died in other ways. Many have sacrificed their children, unwillingly, in the teenage wars of cars, speed, and death. Others have the same outcome from drugs and lifestyle. Innocence lost once again, and all we can do is mourn. This sacrifice is not meant to be such, but we miss those children, fathers, mothers, husbands, just as much in this everyday life, which can be like a war.

In memory of all of those Veteran’s who died protecting the integrity and safety of their country. A noble sacrifice which has no equal.