Memorial Weekend.
We Remember.
That’s what this weekend is all about. What it was created for. After the Civil War was over, Decoration Day came about to honor both the dead of the Union and Confederate. Now we know it as Memorial Day, remembering those that have fallen, given service to their country, honoring our dead by keeping them alive in our memories, in our hearts and our thoughts.
Living near Washington, DC, Memorial Day and Weekend’s true meaning is never far away. Rolling Thunder roars past my parents place every year on it’s way to the District. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial remains for me the most haunting and striking memorial in the District. The WWII and Korean War Memorials will be visited heavily. And Arlington Cemetery with its white sea of uniform tombstones stretching for miles and the incredibly moving Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers, with its changing of the Guard ceremony, will be overflowing with visitors (families of those buried there and those just paying their respects). I will be there too. It’s a family tradition.
My father recently returned to Arlington to visit family buried there. I forgot it had been a while since his last visit. He stood stunned by the vista before him. Arlington has had to expand it’s boundaries since the last time he was there. The tombstones now spread out before him like a vast ocean where before my father remembered nothing but trees and meadows. It was heartbreaking. What could we say? So many deaths. So many to remember. And honor.
For many, it’s a time to celebrate with family and friends. Picnics and parades, bbq’s and cookouts.
But take time to remember. And perhaps if you see someone in their military uniform, you might want to thank them for their service now. I think they will appreciate it.
Have a happy and safe Memorial Weekend. #WeRemember
This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Sunday, May 27:
- Memorial Weekend. This Week at Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
- A Lila Review Object of Desire by Dal Maclean
Monday, May 28:
- Release Blitz – Murder in New York by C.J. Baty
- DSP Promo Julia Talbot
- Blog Tour – #IsHeHereYet: Being the person you want to be with by Dr Tony Ortega
- A MelanieM Review: The Lonely Dragon by Anna Lee
- An Ali Review Returning to the Land of the Morning Calm by Hans M Hirschi
- An Alisa Review: Veiled Dominance by Evelise Archer
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Audiobook Review: The Consumption of Magic (Tales From Verania #3) by TJ Klune and Michael Lesley
Tuesday, May 29:
- DSP Promo JL Langley on My Fair Captain
- Cover Reveal, for Ari McKay’s Absence of the Sun (Blood Bathory #2)
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: Riven by Roan Parrish
- A MelanieM Release Day Review: My Fair Captain (Sci-Regency #1) by J.L. Langley
- An Alisa Release Day Review: Love You So Madly (Love You So Stories #2) by Tara Lain
- An Ali Audiobook Review: The Quarterback by Mackenzie Blair and Greg Boudreaux (Narrator)
Wednesday, May 30:
- Book Blast Just A Year by Jena Wade
- A Lucy Pre release Review: My Crunchy Life by Mia Kerick
- A MelanieM Release Day Review: Stone the Crows (Wolf Winter)by TA Moore
- A VVivacious Review: A Love to Remember, by Sarah Hadley Brook
- An Alisa Review: Snow Cat by Edward Kendrick
Thursday, May 31:
- Harmony Promo Shirley Anne Edwards
- A Caryn Review : Mason and the Dog Wrangler” by CL Etta
- A Lucy Review: Where Do I Start? (Why You? #1) by Chase Taylor Hackett
- An Ali Audiobook Review: Bobby Green (Johnnies # 5) by Amy Lane and Gomez Pugh
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Audiobook Review The Solstice Prince (Realms of Love #1) by S.J. Himes and Joel Leslie (Narrator)
Friday, June 1:
- Blog Tour: The Curse by Kethric Wilcox
- Cover Reveal- Overtime by V.L. Locey
- DSP Promo Julia Talbot
- A Barb the Zany Old Lady Review: The Recruit by Addison Albright
- A Lucy Review: And the next Thing You Know . . . (Why You? #2) byChase Taylor Hackett
- A Stella Release Day Review: Wight Mischief by JL Merrow
Saturday, June 2:
- RELEASE BLITZ for Waiting in the Wings (Upstaged #2) by S. L. Danielson
- Release Blitz – Three-Man Advantage by Ariel Bishop
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 
‘He stood stunned by the vista before him. Arlington has had to expand it’s boundaries since the last time he was there. The tombstones now spread out before him like a vast ocean where before my father remembered nothing but trees and meadows. It was heartbreaking. What could we say? So many deaths. So many to remember. And honor.
But take time to remember. And perhaps if you see someone in their military uniform, you might want to thank them for their service now. I think they will appreciate it.’
Beautiful 💔 Thank you 🌹
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Thank you for the post. Happy Memorial day.
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Well said for those who “paid the ultimate price” for our freedom.
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