Comments on: What Memorial Day means to me http://table4five.net/2008/05/26/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/ taking it one day at a time since 1996 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melissa Parlaman (Graco contributor) http://table4five.net/2008/05/26/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/#comment-161062 Melissa Parlaman (Graco contributor) Thu, 29 May 2008 15:01:16 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=2110#comment-161062 Thank you for your post. It is nice to take the time to actually remember why we are getting a long holiday. My dad is actually retiring from the Army Reserve tomorrow after 35 years of service and I have had other family members in the military as well. He loves serving our country & I know he will miss it dearly. Thank you for your post. It is nice to take the time to actually remember why we are getting a long holiday. My dad is actually retiring from the Army Reserve tomorrow after 35 years of service and I have had other family members in the military as well. He loves serving our country & I know he will miss it dearly.

]]> By: Qtpies7~ http://table4five.net/2008/05/26/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/#comment-161020 Qtpies7~ Tue, 27 May 2008 13:24:47 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=2110#comment-161020 My grandpa was in WWII and became a drunk, but at least he was happy and not mean. (he was in the planes, so maybe that helped?) My dad was in Vietnam and was injured badly, his buddy died in the same blast. He became a mean and drunken guy. But he has changed and is now pretty nice. My husband was in during the Gulf War, and he was in Intelligence, did not get to fight, though he wanted to. My son is going in the military this summer. It is a little different being on the parenting end, but we couldn't be more proud of him. Even if he does serve in the war, we know he will come out OK because he has God as his partner. Nothing will happen to him outside of the will of God, and he will be able to process what happens and come out OK. Of this, we are confident! We also wouldn't let him live in anger, we'd make him get counselling and we'd pray our hearts out for him. I wish my grandparents and parents had been more trusting of God. My grandpa was in WWII and became a drunk, but at least he was happy and not mean. (he was in the planes, so maybe that helped?)
My dad was in Vietnam and was injured badly, his buddy died in the same blast. He became a mean and drunken guy. But he has changed and is now pretty nice.
My husband was in during the Gulf War, and he was in Intelligence, did not get to fight, though he wanted to.
My son is going in the military this summer. It is a little different being on the parenting end, but we couldn’t be more proud of him. Even if he does serve in the war, we know he will come out OK because he has God as his partner. Nothing will happen to him outside of the will of God, and he will be able to process what happens and come out OK. Of this, we are confident! We also wouldn’t let him live in anger, we’d make him get counselling and we’d pray our hearts out for him. I wish my grandparents and parents had been more trusting of God.

]]> By: JTighe http://table4five.net/2008/05/26/what-memorial-day-means-to-me/#comment-161018 JTighe Tue, 27 May 2008 07:23:19 +0000 http://table4five.net/?p=2110#comment-161018 Hi, I'm sorry for your loss. What saddens me even more than the deaths is the abuse our troops (British) get from Islamic fundamentalist sympathisers. I watch a local regiment return to their barracks, carrying and wheeling their injured comrades, so they could take the salute, only to be abused and spat at. Ok these idiots were arrested or beaten up by the crowd, but what must have been going through those troops minds. In Afghanistan they watched their comrades shot and blown to bits. They must have cried in frustration at the loss of young life, but they carried out their duty for Queen and country. They suffered to protect you and me. These young, brave, men return home, the home they fought to protect, only to be humiliated in the street. I watched, as they matched, carrying themselves with dignity, not even stopping to wipe the spit from their faces, and I cried with shame at the way they had been treated. God bless all our troops and their families. All the best - J Tighe Hi,
I’m sorry for your loss.

What saddens me even more than the deaths is the abuse our troops (British) get from Islamic fundamentalist sympathisers.

I watch a local regiment return to their barracks, carrying and wheeling their injured comrades, so they could take the salute, only to be abused and spat at.

Ok these idiots were arrested or beaten up by the crowd, but what must have been going through those troops minds.

In Afghanistan they watched their comrades shot and blown to bits. They must have cried in frustration at the loss of young life, but they carried out their duty for Queen and country. They suffered to protect you and me.

These young, brave, men return home, the home they fought to protect, only to be humiliated in the street.

I watched, as they matched, carrying themselves with dignity, not even stopping to wipe the spit from their faces, and I cried with shame at the way they had been treated.

God bless all our troops and their families.

All the best – J Tighe

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