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President Dwight D.Eisenhower, 1953:  “It is fitting and proper that we devote one day each year to paying special tribute to those whose constancy and courage constitute one of the bulwarks guarding the freedom of this nation and the peace of the free world.”   The Honorable Melvin Laird, 1972 Former Secretary of Defense:  “At [...]

A couple of years ago, a story went viral surrounding the re-naming of Easter eggs “Spring spheres.”  It has since morphed into an urban legend.  The “story” was never confirmed but said to have originated on a radio program here in Seattle when a 16-year old from a private high school purportedly called in and [...]

My husband and I are heading out to Denver to spend Thanksgiving with my family.  Thinking about the holiday and what I’m really grateful for is the love of my husband, my family, and my friends.  I wrote this article last year and I think it sums it up perfectly. I have lots to be [...]

My prayers and thoughts go out to each and every veteran and to those currently serving in our military.  May we honor and never forget the sacrifice our military men and women make for us every day.  Thank you! “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the [...]

On November 10, 2012, the United State Marine Corps will celebrate its 237th Birthday. Thanks to all the Marines, past and present, for your service and for keeping us safe here at home. God bless each and every one of you.  

Dear Lord, maker of heavens above earth and sea below hear our prayer for the men and women of the United States Air Force as they answer their Country’s call to serve, defend, and protect all we hold dear. Accept their sacrifices of time, energy, effort, blood, life. In times of peace and in times [...]

Victory Day, also known as VJ Day, marks the anniversary the Allies’ victory over Japan during World War II. It followed the dropping of the devastating atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. A couple of months ago, a friend sent me a link to [...]

“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness.  You [...]

I posted this last year.  I thought it was worth posting again. My parents had me and my brother late in life (but not by today’s standards).  When I was born in 1951, my father was 46, my mother 38.  By 1960, my father was a widower raising an 8-year girl and a 10-year old [...]

I wrote the following article last year as a tribute to my Goddaughter, Jeannine, and to honor her husband, Jeremy, who was at that time in Afghanistan waiting patiently to return to the States to spend the Christmas holidays with his wife and two beautiful children.  Well, Christmas 2010 came and went.  Jeremy returned to [...]