http://www.tohuvabohu.org/2006/05/27/and-were-back/ blogging without form and void Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:50:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.tohuvabohu.org/2006/05/27/and-were-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 Word Pictures » Blog Archive » I Remember Mon, 29 May 2006 12:47:45 +0000 http://www.tohuvabohu.org/2006/05/27/and-were-back/#comment-1589 <p>[...] I take pause today to remember those who died for the freedom that we possess and too often take for granted in the United States of America.  Memorial Day was not begun so that we could have a three-day weekend and watch the Indy 500.  This 24-hour period was set aside for the free citizens of the United States to connect with the turmultuous past of this nation and the reality that men and women died to secure our liberty.  So I will choose to remember.  I will deliberately make it a point to think about fallen soldiers and explain to my children the purpose of their sacrifice.  I will walk through the cemetary near my house and let the flowers placed on the grave markers of the war-dead serve as memory aids.  I will pray for our active military personnel and their families. [...]</p> […] I take pause today to remember those who died for the freedom that we possess and too often take for granted in the United States of America.  Memorial Day was not begun so that we could have a three-day weekend and watch the Indy 500.  This 24-hour period was set aside for the free citizens of the United States to connect with the turmultuous past of this nation and the reality that men and women died to secure our liberty.  So I will choose to remember.  I will deliberately make it a point to think about fallen soldiers and explain to my children the purpose of their sacrifice.  I will walk through the cemetary near my house and let the flowers placed on the grave markers of the war-dead serve as memory aids.  I will pray for our active military personnel and their families. […]

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