This Memorial Day....

I’ve thought a lot about what I want to write about this Memorial Day; most would write about how thankful they are to our Military who have sacrificed everything for our country. I am very thankful that these courageous people stepped up and willingly went out on their mission knowing the risks. We as a country owe them a debt of gratitude of which we can never repay. But, I want to thank those military spouses that loved and supported the fallen, by remembering the military spouse we also honor those that gave their lives.

I often say military spouses are the unsung heroes who keep things running at home, who take care of the children and anxiously await the return of their military loved one. But when that loved one doesn’t return, how long does it take for us to forget them? Memorial Day reminds us to never forget our brave who lost their lives, but do we remember the military spouses who loved them, whose dreams for the future dissipated when the news was brought to them that their loved one wouldn’t be returning?

So this year let us also remember those whose lives were altered by the sacrifice of the brave men and women who gave up their lives for their country and their family. Let us remember the military spouses…let us thank them for the time they loved their military member, for the plans they had made, for their dreams of the future and for that which they lost.

Thank you to all our fallen and to the spouses who loved them!