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What does Memorial Day mean to you??  

cyclingfool 62M  
474 posts
5/27/2012 1:35 pm

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6/9/2012 5:48 am
What does Memorial Day mean to you??

Happy Memorial Day all,
Tomorrow will be the annual Memorial Day Parade in my small Pa. town. The local Legion post will honor my father by performing the memorial service over his grave. My dad was an Air Force Vet from the 50’s, and was a past Commander of the local post.
It will be nice to see everyone out attending the parade and nice to know my father was so well respected.
It was a tough year. I lost my dad in Oct., and my mother in Dec. Wow, that truly sucked…. But with tomorrows events it will be nice to remember and nice to move on.
I had moved in to care for my mom last spring and was her primary care giver until her passing. It was very hard on her when my dad went and therefore hard on all of us as I am sure you would understand.
We, my siblings and I are very blessed that our parents were doing ok for so long. It was tragic that it all happened so fast. We are also blessed that like most in their generation they were very conservative. We are benefitting from that. But I’d rather have them around and healthy. I’d much rather watch my dad ride in the parade and have town old timers come up and say hi to him.
I hope you have a nice start to summer and pay your respects to those that have served and gave so much. I will show my patriotism and respect for those that served and contribute to serve. I will have a small piece of closure when my dad is memorialized.
Thank you for reading, be safe and have fun.
Maybe something a bit more A F F like next time….

cyclingfool 62M  
6666 posts
5/31/2012 2:47 am

 Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I deeply respected them. They were my parents, not my friends as in todays world parents try to be. I respect them for that.


Whispersoftly5 59F
15173 posts
5/30/2012 9:04 pm

 I am sorry for the loss of your parents. This post shows how much you respect and love them. I am thankful and happy for you that you can remember them this way and also get a small bit of closure. Hugs


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