Memorial Day Weekend

I saw an article in the paper today about some grandparents who had taken their grandkids to the cemetary yesterday so they could better explain what Memorial Day is about. Great idea. I'm putting it in my memory datebook for next year. It brought back memories of when our kids were little and my sister-in-law, Patrice, and I would take her 4 and my 2, along with her mom, to see "Papa's Grave". The cemetary setting seemed like a park to the kids, but it provided opportunity for talking to them about death and life and service (sacrifice) for your country.  I'm reminded that maybe we haven't talked much about it since those days when the kids were young, and also that it's important for our grandkids to know our family history as well as our nation's history. So much of it is being erased from the history books used in schools these days. "Social Studies" books are filled with opinions and "diversity studies" instead of actual history, aka: facts. The theory is that a generation that doesn't know the facts is easier to persuade (manipulate/control) with opinions. The same kind of tactic is evidenced by what many people actually know (or don't know!) about Darwin's theory of evolution. The reality that it is taught as fact instead of theory is scary; and shouldn't the fact that Darwin himself later refuted his own theory also be taught???

Well, by this time my segway to Memorial Day has escaped me. Writing papers in college used to take me forever because my mind jumps so fast from one thought to the next!

Oh yeah.... Our little munchkins this Memorial Day weekend. First, with their great-grandmother (Papa's wife) at Isa's soccer game:  Cade to Isa, "You need to get up off of Nana's lap because I need to sit there!"

Sydney, lovin' her new freedom with walking:

Cade, the golfer, teeing up:

And finally, this last picture is one of my parents when they got married 68 years ago. Thank you, Dad, for serving your country!