Subj : Re: Memorial Day
To   : Mike Powell
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Jun 02 2021 18:36:00

Mike,

 >  MP> At 1500, the kid across the street was in their front yard playing Taps
 >  MP> on his trumpet.  I have the windows open today.  Made it easy to
 >  MP> remember.

 >   Nice. :)

 MP> It was.  I stood at the open window.  Looked like his mother and maybe
 MP> grandparents were out there with him.

  I saw one video on YouTube where these 2 veterans, in their military
uniforms, were marching in the parade...in their own home town. Their
tour of duty was over, and they had apparently "set it up", telling
their parents to wait at a certain spot on the parade route.

  Needless to say, there were a lot of happy hugs and tears at the
reunion. :)

  Lately, I've been looking at the "feel good videos" of veterans
coming home to their kids' graduations, whether high school or
college. Without fail, the graduate is bawling their face off.

  In one, the father surprised his daughter, wife, and other kids,
who were also at the graduation. It was his last tour of duty, and
he said "I had to make this happen". In another one, they said they
would be back home doing stuff with the family...including playing
games and fighting over the bathroom -- but, "they wouldn't have it
any other way".

Daryl

.... I had a rock garden. Last week, three of them died.
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