I Remember and say THANK YOU!

Today I wanted to Thank the many men and women who have given up so much for our FREEDOM!  I wanted to post a poem that I remember listening to as a child but not really understanding the significance of the words....

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.  Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;

To you, from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders Fields.

Colonel John McCrae

Now as I read this poem I realize it is more than just words on paper. I am grateful every day to wake up in a Safe Country and have the life I have!

I remember and I thank you!

Kim