REMEMBERING THE SACRIFICE

This Memorial Day weekend is all about honoring those who have given it all for our freedom.

It's not about "half-price sales" and other hype, though that concept may surprise too many Americans. 

I've found that it helps to take time on special holidays to read something inspiring... something that clearly demonstrates what the observance is all about.  This weekend I've been absorbed in "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Luttrell. As the subtitle notes, it is "the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of Seal Team 10" in Afghanistan in 2005: A gripping account, and one that inspires true patriotism... but most of all, gratitude to those who volunteer to defend all we hold dear and lay it on the line everyday. God bless them all... and those who have gone before them.