Today, we celebrate Memorial Day. Some of us see it as a free day off from work, an opportunity to scrub the old grill off and fire up the summer season with a blowout pool party. Others of us will work through the holiday as if it were just another typical Monday, grumbling about how everyone should have the day off, or worse, about how we should all be working as the day is "nothing special" to celebrate. How far from the truth of the matter they are...
Memorial Day stands as a reminder of all the privileges you have and the gratitude you should show towards those who have not only served, but sacrificed their time and lives for yours. It is a day you should be educating your children and the next generation of its significance and meaning for all who are blessed to live on American soil. Their sacrifices have paid for your life and freedom to do as you please at any given moment, and that deserves a day of honor in their memory and dedication to their country.
Freedom is not free, and the humble will not allow the rest of us to forget it. Are we living a life worth their sacrifices to protect and preserve our freedoms over their own? Reminding and passing on traditions is imperative to preserving their honor, mentally erasing the division that the country has weighed against each other. We can travel between state lines freely because of their sacrifices, we can go out any time of day or night without fear of curfew.
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