Mini Update/Memorial Day It's Bigger then this

Well hello to all my faithful readers. I hope that this month is treating you well. First off I want to tell you that this school year is almost over. Soon my sweet Mini will be in the 4th grade. I cringe when I say this because she is just getting to big. I am so proud of the young lady that she is becoming. This has been another big year for her.She has found some really good friends, she has made new friends. And once again she has shown what a big heart she has. Her field trip included Ball Park in Arlington. She is now obsessed
with the idea of going to a Rangers Game. So we are looking forward to that. Well ok then now on to the next part of the blog today.

Happy Memorial Day!!!!

Isn't odd that we say Happy Memorial Day, when this day is really anything but happy. This day is to remind us about those that gave their lives so that we can remain in the land of the free. We celebrate this day every year on the last Monday of May. Many people realize and understand the importance of the day while others see it as a day to get off work. This day was originally called Decoration Day. The importance of the day was to commemorate,  not celebrate, both the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in battle.  Though it seems a little selfish to only remember those soldiers who died during that time, by the 20th Century others agreed and made the day to extend to all Americans who died as they served in our military. 

Many will go and visit the graves of those soldiers many will visit those graves of those they hold dear and they will question their sacrifice, but then again there will be some that will not understand the significance of all that has taken place to keep Americans safe. There are people out there that want to protest and that want to say what horrible way people are treating our soldiers. They don't see behind the curtain. They don't see the fact that our soldiers are volunteering to protect us. They are literally stating that they will defend our lives with their own, should they need to. They do not go into it for the money, they do not go into it for the glory as many that have and will continue to fight will never been mentioned in the a history book. They will be hero's to their families. They will be hero's to their hometowns, but for the rest of the world they will sadly go unknown. 

Do our brave men and women get treated awesomely? No, they do not. They get the shaft in pay and respect. They are one of the first to get the pay cut and the ones to go unthanked for their service and yet they still do it. They still wake up on the daily and put on the suite for their daily round of lets protect the innocent, the weak, and sadly the even the ignorant. We put a lot of faith in those who have protected us with their lives and yet at the same time we don't stand behind them. 

Some people state that they are standing up for our soldiers. They are only protesting the war due to the treatment but has anyone of them chose to stand behind them. They are our front line and we need to be their back line. We need to support them and to show them that we have their backs. We do not have to agree why they are fighting but we need to be grateful for the fact that they have selflessly chose to defend our country. 

So to me this day is not actually happy it is a day to remember why we are here. It serves as a reminder of the freedoms that we fought to keep and that we won the rights too. It serves as a day to say thank you to those that lost their lives to keep us safe. For our ancestors who chose to stand up and fight, they may have fought for the wrong side, the wrong reason, the wrong everything, but they died for a cause. They died for something they believed in and today is so much bigger then what people actually understand. It's a day to remember its a day to take that one breath of relief that someone chose to fight for us. That they continue to fight. So once again today is to say thank you. 

Thank you for those that came before. Thank you to those that have come during and thank you to those that will come after. Though I do not wish death on anyone I am very thankful for those that have done something that I myself can not. They gave their lives, whether it was willingly or not they still have had hand in keeping myself and my family safe and for that I am grateful.   

Later Days

Another Mothers Day Coming Up

Hey there to all my faithful readers. Look to the baby on the right, So small, so innocent so full of something. Looking at this little bundle of pink and girl you would never know that she would grow up to be at times indecisive, but strong willed. This little bundle would grow to become someone who believes in magic but also knows that reality sometimes has a way of sneaking up on you. She will grow up to believe that her parents are superhero's and that her mom will become her best friend.  

She will face hardships and make choices and decisions that she will later question but will remain strong and believe that they were the right decisions. She will be fair with in her education and grow up to realize the fact that she is not defined but what she was able to learn. This little bundle of goodness will grow to learn that love is one of the greatest treasures that one can find. She will watch with awe as her parents show that even with the messiness it is worth it. She's going to grow up realizing that all the struggles and issues she will face as a kid and awkward teenage were just trials and perpetration for the future. This girl is going to grow up to smile through the pain and to learn to laugh at the ridiculousness of the world.  She's going to learn who she is and she's going to learn that she can become anyone she wants to be. She's going to find that special person and realize that all the boys she based her opinions on were just showing her that she was made for something more. She is going to test the patience of those around her but show she is so worth the battle. This little girl is going to love with everything she has and then she's going to fall in love right at the moment she thinks it's never going to happen. But before you think that she grows up to fall in love with a man who shows her kindness and makes her smile I should also clarify. Though she will find the man of her dreams she's actually going to fall in love at least two more times in her life. The first time she will become the mother of a pernicious little one who will have her daddy wrapped around her finger. She will struggle to make sure that she can live up to the example that was her own mother. She will worry and make wild plans for the future. She will stand firm and refuse to back down when questioned. She will keep her safe and make sure that she knows she is loved by all. She will hope that her little one sees her as the super hero she saw her own mother. The next time she will fall in love she will also experience a heart break. Most people will experience this with that first love. I'm pretty sure she would have too but she will know the true meaning of a broken heart. But with the love and hand holding she will become stronger. Knowing that she will not be given any trial that she can not handle she will face it with a humor and belief that everything happens for a reason. 

But by just looking at the picture, just looking at the newborn baby you wouldn't know how her life is going to go. You don't know that as a mom you're going to get see and help shape this young person. Your going to be able to see the trials and struggles that they believe are so earth shattering that all you can do is take a deep breath and wait for the world to stop. As a mom you're going to be loved and disliked as your young one grows. Your going to want to and ask those most important question "Why can't I just start over" but at the same time feel blessed that they are apart of this life. You will cry with her and you will fight with her. And she this little bundle grows to be a woman she will thank you every year for not holding that pillow a little tighter. She will know that everything you have done is only to help her to become better. 

Since I am the little bundle of fluff in the above picture I can tell you that though I questions myself most days as a mom I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to be a mom. I could not imagine my life with the out the little bundle of light below. She is my mini and though we could not keep her sister I am still the proud mother of two beautiful little girls. As Mothers day is coming up I can tell you that I am thankful that my mother is my best friend. She has taught me how to be a mom. So for the little bundle of bliss below I hope that she will grow to be everything that I have become.  

I do not wish for her to face some of the same things that I have but if she should I hope that she will be able to make the right choices. I hope that she gets to experience the love that I have found and I hope she continues keep the smile that brightens up the room. She is my life. So happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there. Don't be in a rush to have your little ones grow up. And for those that are judging their children or making those plans based on a picture, don't be so quick to try and figure it out. Let them live and just show them that you love them, I may not be a brain surgeon but my parents are proud of me just the way I am.