Remember, how I mentioned my mom wanted to get a package together for Stryker and his guys?
Besides this, my grandma donated $50 to add to his phonecard. I am so incredibly blessed. What an amazing family I have. They more than came through. Wow.
UPDATE: My mom just called...she found another bag of goodies for Stryker and the guys.
I just talked to my mom. She's been at the lake since 7AM. Our family get together starts at around 2PM. But fear not, she found a good spot!
So we're talking and she says "I even brought rope in case I had to rope off our spot" Oh my God, are you serious? I'm laughing at this point and I said "I'm surprised you didn't bring a taser to keep people away." At which she responded, "no, but I have a knife...and scissors."
Just a tad territorial, wouldn't you say?
I hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend.
We will be headed to the lake with family keeping in mind all of those past and present who make this day possible.
This year my mom has decided to take up a collection to send a big package to Stryker and his buddies. I'm sure they will appreciate it!
I went to a 4th of July performance in the park Sunday morning. It was nice. As soon as we got out of the car people were there to greet us and asked if we had family serving overseas. We got ribbons to wear to indicate that we did. Fuzz and I wore ours proudly.
A church choir sang songs. They invited all those who served past and present to come up and stand alongside their flag. A man who was in Iraq as a doctor in 2004-2005 spoke about his experiences, and then his wife got up to speak about hers while he was away. I loved that they included her sentiments. I think light bulbs went off in many people's heads that day as to what a spouse who's left behind goes through. I know that our spouses are the ones actually doing the work over there, but that doesn't mean it's easy being the one who waits.
One of the things that the wife spoke about was her feeling of relief after he left for the deployment. I thought I was crazy to feel that, and I thought many people would think I was crazy when I wrote about it. But I'm clearly not the only one.
It was an emotional day, but I'm so happy I went. Finally in my life, the patriotic holidays actually mean something to me other than just a day to have fun. I get it.
