This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day in the U.S.\u00a0 It\u2019s the day we remember those men and women who died serving in the military.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s also become a day to honor all of those who were near and dear to our hearts that have passed on.\u00a0 \u00a0People place flowers on graves and flags on graves during this holiday to show respect and appreciation to those who have passed.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s hard to drive by a cemetery during this holiday and not feel the emotion of how loved and missed people are when you see the flowers and flags every few feet across the cemetery.\u00a0 It\u2019s heartwarming to see that outpouring of love and its sad at the same time to think of how missed those loved ones are.<\/p>\n
I have a little brother who serves in the military and I still remember the day we found out he was getting deployed overseas.\u00a0 I was so worried and scared that something would happen to him and it really made me appreciate how difficult it is for the military families that have to send their loved ones out, unsure if they will return home safely or not, but at the same time, understanding how important the service they are doing is. I was lucky to have my brother come back home unharmed.\u00a0 Many are not so lucky.\u00a0 What a sacrifice that is made by so many who serve and by the families of those who serve.\u00a0 And to those who pay the ultimate sacrifice of giving their lives in service I can only express my deepest appreciation for them and for those they leave behind to mourn.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n
One of my favorite songs that relates to Memorial Day is a song that reminds us to appreciate those who have died to protect the freedom and liberty we are so blessed to have in the United States of America.\u00a0 It is a song by Billy Ray Cyrus called “Some Gave All”.\u00a0 If you have time this weekend try and listen to it online at some point as the lyrics are beautiful but when put to music they bring a spirit that puts you in a grateful frame of mind for those who gave all…<\/p>\n
Some Gave All<\/span><\/p>\n I knew a man called him Sandy Kane I can’t forget the look in his eyes All gave some and some gave all Now Sandy Kane is no longer here Love your country and live with pride All gave some and some gave all And if you ever think of me As we head into this holiday weekend may there be lots of fun memories made and great time spent enjoying our loved ones.\u00a0 But may we also take time to show appreciation to those who have given their lives for us and for those who have been left behind.<\/p>\n Have a memorable Memorial Holiday Weekend and I will talk to you again on Tuesday!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This weekend we celebrate Memorial Day in the U.S.\u00a0 It\u2019s the day we remember those men and women who died serving in the military.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s also become a day to honor all of those who were near and dear to our hearts that have passed on.\u00a0 \u00a0People place flowers on graves and flags on graves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1093,37,501,500,1101,46,63,1104,224,163,1100,51,1099,1106,1105,226,189,30,29,244,65,1102,1103,237,479,34,1098,1090,1091,1094,1096,145,1092,1097,316,1095],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-all-gave-some","tag-america","tag-appreciate","tag-appreciation","tag-armed-forces","tag-attitude","tag-blessings","tag-cemetary","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-discipline","tag-family","tag-flag","tag-flags","tag-flowers","tag-freedom","tag-friends","tag-gift","tag-god","tag-grateful","tag-gratitude","tag-grave","tag-graves","tag-holiday","tag-honor","tag-integrity","tag-liberty","tag-memorial-day","tag-military","tag-red-white-and-blue","tag-sacrifice","tag-service","tag-some-gave-all","tag-ultimate-sacrifice","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFew folks even knew his name
\nBut a hero was he
\nLeft a boy, came back a man
\nStill many just don’t understand
\nAbout the reasons we are free<\/p>\n
\nOr the tears he cries
\nAs he said these words to me<\/p>\n
\nAnd some stood through for the red, white and blue
\nAnd some had to fall
\nAnd if you ever think of me
\nThink of all your liberties and recall
\nSome gave all<\/p>\n
\nBut his words are oh so clear
\nAs they echo through out our land
\nFor all his friends who gave us all
\nWho stood the ground and took the fall
\nTo help their fellow man<\/p>\n
\nAnd don’t forget those who died America can’t you see<\/p>\n
\nAnd some stood through for the red, white and blue
\nAnd some had to fall
\nAnd if you ever think of me
\nThink of all your liberties and recall
\nSome gave all<\/p>\n
\nThink of all your liberties and recall, yes recall
\nSome gave all<\/p>\n