Memorial Day

Today is Memorial Day here in the United States, a day set aside to remember those who died in service to their country.

I never served in the military but I respect those who do and honor those who gave their lives in that service.

It is important to remember the men and women who serve in the army, the navy and all the branches of the US military are just people, people with dreams and hopes and aspirations like all of us. But they are also people who have made an extraordinary choice, to dedicate their time and efforts to their country. They receive intense training to become more than they are, to develop skills and abilities most of us will never attain.  

And they do this with the foreknowledge that they may be called to use those skills and abilities in times and places of danger. All of them leave home; not all of them come back. 

Do not forget them on this Memorial Day.