URNotAlone

Memorial Day Weekend

May 23rd, 2008 3:00 pm MDT

Here we are at the summers start three day weekend. But this has always been more than just a long weekend, especially for those of us that grew up in a time when most everyone had served in some fashion. My father and all my uncles were veterans of WWII, myself, bother and cousins were all part of the Vietnam era, although through good fortune not everyone actually spent time in that place. Of my sons generation only he spent time in the service. Fortunately for our family everyone eventually came home, but there are many we know that didn't. I'll think about them this weekend as I go about whatever it is I'll be doing, which I have no idea yet what that will be.
 
 So last night I was chatting with a friend who was feeling depressed. This friend had SRS last year and still hasn't met anyone so she pretty much wanted a shoulder to cry on about her problems. For me I was hoping to have plans this weekend but nothing has worked out (no invites or notices) so I wasn't doing that well myself and probably didn't help much. But today I've been thinking about those problems and they really are so trivial when compared to what this weekend is about. Maybe tomorrow I'll just go downtown and watch the activities, and be happy that I can be who I am.