Top 10 List for Memorial Day Weekend

Another Memorial Day rolls around, a holiday which originated in the Southern custom of decorating graves and was ramped up and eventually legalized and institutionalized after the Civil War.

Personally, I can't thank our men and women in the military enough for their service. As a mother, I thank their parents for their sacrifice. As a wife, I thank their spouses. I thank their families. I even thank their pets. I'm glad we have occasions such as Memorial Day and Veterans' Day to honor and remember brave fighters past and present.





For Husband and me these days, the Memorial Day weekend is the one surefire time we have the house to ourselves since the kids are off to a music festival.

Look, I would really like to go to a music festival too. But that would mean being with the kids, which has occurred the previous 363 days.


So here it is:

                                                              The Top 10 List
                                         Of Things We Could Do To Take Advantage
                               Of Time Alone At Home Over Memorial Day Weekend

10. Coax Husband into mulching the back embankment.

  9. Sleep out back near the newly mulched embankment in a tent stocked with our favorite music, beverage and light sticks.

  8. Make lots of brownies decorated with little flags and crash some parties in better neighborhoods than ours.

  7. Tidy up the kitchen and then rope it off.

  6. Order burgers from Five Guys and pass them off as my own home-made.

  5. Ok, there are a couple of things I just can't share.

  4. See No. 5 above.

  3. Rocket science experiment. Also, see No. 5 above.

  2. Dance around the house in my underwear. Duh!!


 And the Number 1 Thing We Could Do:


 1. Throw a party! Wait ... that's a lot of work and we blow the alone time ... Ok, so I'll have to go with the tent thing (No. 9) except coming back inside to sleep. No wait ...

... What would be unusual and divine would be to just listen to the silence. To sample it, to savor it, to ignore it or break it; to control it, to master it, to conquer it, to enjoy it; to use it, to know it, to appreciate it, to understand it, to remember it, to memorialize it ...  

Which brings us back to the purpose of the holiday. A heartfelt (but silent) thanks to those who sacrificed in the line of duty for our country.


 Happy Memorial Day! Never Forget! Be Safe! Be Silent ......


Shhhhhhhhhh!
















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