All gave some, but some gave all!!

    Memorial Day is not just another day.  It's not just a long weekend, or a day off, or a time to fire up the grill and have a great time. For some of us that's what we have made it.  And I'm sad to say that when I was younger Memorial weekend was the kick off of the camping year!!  And sitting at our ice cream shop this friday I watch RV after RV go pass.  And how I wish that I was heading out this weekend.  Not because of the weekend but because as a family we love to camp.  

Memorial Day has so many means to me after be a Marine Wife for 10 years.  I have sat in the chapel for a fallen Marine that was from Matthew unit.  When Matthew was over seas we had a blackout with no phones calls out.  And I remember the place I was when I got the phone call from my KV with the all clear.  And the feeling of happiness that came over me, and I remember crying when I got off the phone as I sat on the steps holding out 8 month old Tinker Bell.  I cried because I was thankful it was not Matthew, but at the sametime my heart broke for the family that would not get that all clear call.  

And Memorial Day our family sits back and remembers all the families who did not get the all clear call.  It's for the Dad's that will never hold their baby, the little girl that will grow up without her mom.  Grandkids that will never know their Grandpa.  It's a day that we take to remember the love ones who gave it all.  We remember the families that lost love ones.  The other Military men and women that lost friends.  

We like to make sure that our girls know the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day.  Here is how we do it.  Veterans are anyone who been in the military and we need to give Thanks to them. And Memorial Day we tell them it's not a day it's a name.  It's a name of a Military member that no longer has days here on earth.  We feel that both days should be everyday.

All gave some, but some gave all!!

All our love and prayers go out to the families that lost love ones, for the babies that will never know the hug of their mom or dad.  Thank you!!