Memorial Day Momento’s
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With the US celebrating a Memorial Day Holiday this last weekend in May, we normally bring out all the flags, the servicemen, the bands and parades. This year will be no different. However, the cemetaries may have more visitors, and the sentiments may run even deeper, for the service men and women who have served in the Armed Forces and have lost their lives in war.
Many people challenge the need to be in this war, and the opinion of one or the other really doesn’t matter; the fact is, there are people at war and people losing loved ones no matter who is fighting or who the innocent are.
Not to bring morbidity to the issue, but I’m of the opinion that there should be a National Rememberance Day for Victims of Crime as well. With so many losing their lives to senseless crimes. We wake up one day, like any other, and not even a hint, that within the minute or hour, any one of us may fall to victimization. Possibly from a weirdo at a university that took aim; or just minding our own business driving along when suddenly, a senseless accident due to a drunk driver may occur. It could be somthing as simple as someone using their cell phone and losing control of their car. Even the use of a cell phone can take a life…amazing, huh?
These unsung hero’s who die for naught ought to be remembered beyond their familes and friends. Like those from 911, those who die everyday trying to save others, like our firemen or policeofficers who fall victim to crime as well. The ten’s of thousands, who die silently every day because of a principal, or idea, or right, or money…but, usually, through no fault of their own.
This Memorial Day, may it be a united one. May parades and banners, the music and memories flood all of us across the nation and the universe who fell victim to crime whether from war or any other means. May we pray for the unknowns, as well as those we knew about. May we pray for peace in every state and every nation. And may we pray for a world that trembles through the onslaught of pain and loss. May God Bless all Victims, and all Survivors all over the world.
Please be safe on this Holiday Weekend and don’t become a victim. Celebrate life and celebrate the memory of those lost.
