A memory day...

The girls wanted to know what "memorial" means. I got the privilege of explaining that memorial is to remember.

So today the girls and I remembered. We remembered Uncle Dustin, and how he served our country, and then we talked about all of the other men in our family tree that blessed our lives by serving the country for the future generations, and that is US!

We made a memory wall with one name on each star, and then talked about each war briefly and  explained why each war was fought. It blessed me to tell it.

The highlight of our remembering happened at the War Memorial. What an amazing place. So many names on the wall, so many bricks with lives attached, so many lives sacrificed and so many broken hearts left behind. One day the girls will understand the significance. Today, though, they just wanted to go to the water.

 

It was good for me though. I needed to do something for my brother today! I love you Dustin!

The Uplands of God-

This is a beautiful quote I heard during a bible study and wanted to share.

Not many of us are living at our best. We linger in the low lands, because we are afraid to climb the mountains. The steepness and the ruggedness dismay us and so we stay in the misty valleys, and do not learn the mystery of the hills.

We do not know what we lose in our self indulgence. What glory awaits us, if only we had the courage for the mountain climb, what blessing we should find if only we would move to the uplands of God. - J.R.M.