Here it is Memorial Day Weekend again and I decided I was going to give my brain a workout by giving thought to a serious subject. Something I haven't done for awhile so I landed on the idea of examining myself about Memorial Day, like what about it ? What comes to my mind? Am I thankful, appreciative or do I care? Is it just another day and should it be? Or should I be serious enough about it to do something or at least think about it seriously enough to remember those who have given their lives for this country...my country.
My 1st line of thought was to go to those in my family besides myself who have served in the military.
My grandfather Marion Bart Williams, a US Army "Doughboy" who lived the remainder of his life with a metal plate in his head after his service. After him came most of my brothers, Marion, Steve, Tim, and Tom. We divided our service between the US Army and the US Navy. That leaves Bill and Brian, I don't think Bill served in the military and I know Brian hasn't to this point in his life but he's still young enough that he could still.
Next, how do I feel about all this? I am so grateful and thankful for those farmers, shopkeepers, tradesmen and the like that answered the call when not asked to by anyone other than that conviction inside themselves that as proud Americans it was time to take a stand against an oppressive government that fateful day at Bunker Hill. That battle and all the battles that followed until we have the freedoms that we all enjoy today.
Those freedoms have been diminishing over the last 100 yrs because we have become more apathetic
as a society and it shows, after all it is our government that has been legally taking them away in a very self serving manner.
Unless we as Americans start to take seriously our privilege of voting there could come a day when the shopkeepers, the farmers, the tradesmen and other patriotic citizens will need to band together to fight to break the bonds of another oppressive government....ours!!!
I am not that political myself. I don't consider myself a member of any political party. I don't vote party lines but vote for individuals.
I am finding it increasingly hard to find folks to vote for because it seems that most of those running have lost sight of why those 1st battles were fought and why they were necessary.
My reaction and thoughts about what I've written so far.........
.........................Whoa!!!!!!! Git down off that soapbox!!!................................
That's about as strong a statement that I've ever "penned" in my entire life. I have never thought of myself as a revolutionary kind of person but as I read back over what I'm saying, the definition might come close to fitting. I can only pray it never comes to having to make the choices our forefathers did back then. If we as Americans would make sure we voted, it might be avoided... if we don't?? Time will tell the story and you might have a different decision facing you. One that we wouldn't choose otherwise.
I pray for our country and all those who have gone before me that allows me this freedom. The freedom to speak my mind.
Thank you fellow veterans and those now serving in our military who have already decided that this United States of America is still worth fighting for because they can still see albeit faintly the same spirit of those ideals that brought our ancestors to these shores to begin with....
With all the love that is Christ Jesus!
God bless us, bless us all!
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
PS: Now I'm going over to a friends house. His wife has asked me to teach her how to shoot a bow. Wahoo!! I am excited because I got him started last fall and maybe he'll practice more if he has someone to shoot with at home instead of having to drive all the way over here.
I didn't just add this last part to make the post archery related, I really am pumped about it...lol
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