RMR sent out an email today, a nice write up for Memorial Day.
Thanks to all that sacrificed for our freedoms!
Memorial Weekend is here. I'm not ever really sure what to do for Memorial Weekend. We have customers that always want to see a sale and we have customers that think we should stop selling out of reverence. This is one of those times where it is hard to please everyone. I personally choose to believe that those who have passed wouldn't want us to stop life for them. In so many cases, those we remember on this day offered themselves as the sacrifice needed to ensure that our lives go on. While they didn't want to die, they summoned their courage and their love for their fellow man enough to go and do the job that needed doing in order to preserve our freedom and our lives. How humbling it is to me, as a father of 6, to think of those children offered up on the altar of freedom. I can only imagine the pain their parents and family went through knowing their once giggling babies were being offered up and that their bright futures would never happen. So many have hung a gold star in their window. So many are not here so that we could be. I thank God that they existed. I pray that we don't take their sacrifice lightly. Our country is at a breaking point and I fear that our liberty is at stake. There are wispers and rumors of wars to come. I only hope we can stop for a moment and remember those who have already fought so that we don't have to do it again. Our ancestors have already sacrificed enough. We need only remember.
My wife and I (and a few of our children) watched some great documentaries on Amazon Prime last night. I highly recommend these titles for anyone who wants to know a little about what we are trying to remember this Memorial Weekend. "Dick Winters Hang Tough" "D-day at Pointe-Du-Hoc" and "The Battle of Chosin."
If you watch these shows you may want to have some tissues on hand. There are a lot more on Amazon or Netflix to watch, but I also recommend that you get out and spend time in our wonderful America. They gave it to us for us to enjoy. Let's not waste it.
Thanks to all that sacrificed for our freedoms!