MEMORIAL DAY: A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE



It's Memorial Day Weekend, the start of summer and most importantly, a day of remembrance. They'll be parades throughout the country, colorful floats and marching bands, soldiers and sailors in perfect step - and when the Honor Guard passes, veterans watching will come to attention and salute.

And on the sacred solemnity of Memorial Day, we'll remember the men and women who died for our country on distant shores and lands. Poppies in buttonholes in remembrance of Flanders Field as the band plays the last post and chorus - a reminder of Yeats' words, "many a son and daughter lies, far from customary skies."

We should also remember and say a prayer for our young men and women who survived wars in faraway lands, only to come home and die by suicide.

And our hearts and souls are touched with tears and sadness as we remember our dear loved ones who died so unexpectedly by suicide. Although their deaths devastated us, caused us excruciating pain, suffering and hardship - we miss them, we dream of them, we cherish them and with our entire being, we love them dearly and deeply.

And we pray that they have found peace. May their memory comfort us this day.

Contact: fortheheartcries@gmail.com

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