Memorial Day Thoughts

I neglected to post yesterday, transgressing my established policy of posting every day. I'll try to not let it happen again.

Among the assortment of officially recognized holidays, I can think of few that we continue to observe as originally intended. They mostly seem to fall victim to commercialism or having a good time. I could talk about the origins of those holidays, but that's really another matter.

Today is Memorial Day. We are meant to honor our military men and women who died in service of the nation. Many may be ignorant of that, or regard the day as the first chance to get in the swimming pool and fire up the grill. There are official functions to mark the day, I'm sure, but I just humbly keep the dead in my thoughts and hope that my life is a validation of their sacrifice.