Today is Veterans Day in the U.S.  Do our children know what it really means, in addition to a day off from school, parades and flags? 
Do they realize that without the veterans’ service for our country, from the Revolutionary War forward, we might not be enjoying the freedoms we have today?
Have you researched the veterans in your family heritage and shared this with your children?  Some of us have ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War and other wars to the present.
So…many thanks to all those, including my husband, who have served and are serving so that we might have our freedom and …read more

Hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day.
Thank goodness I don’t have any fallen soldiers to remember.
I have lots of veterans though.
My dad recently retired after 30 years in the Air Force and Utah Air National Guard. (Yeah, I’m a total military brat.)
My sister-in-law served 5 years in the Army and is still, knock-on-wood, subject to recall. (End the war quickly, she just had a baby!)
My grandfather served in World War II.
Thanks so all of our soldiers. Hope your weekend has been fabulous.