An Airman's Tribute

I slept in today, my husband curled up beside me.

For her, another sleepless night passed, the other side of the bed still empty.

I enjoyed a four-day weekend.

For her, four months feels like four years, forever.

I got great deals at weekend sales.

For her, the ends still don't seem to meet as they used to.

I enjoyed cookouts, friends and the sun.

She placed another set of flowers on the lonely grave.

I will pause at 3pm today to remember.

She will pause at 3pm today to remember.

My Memorial Day is made possible because of her Memorial Day.

Tomorrow I will put on my boots, proudly salute and go to work to honor his sacrifice. Her sacrifice. Their sacrifice.

I will be grateful for the chance I have to serve in this great nation's military, a backbone to America's calling of offering freedom and opportunity for all.

Stirring it up

Hi Friends.

How's your Friday going? I'm pretty excited today because I am taking my husband on a mystery get-away weekend. I'll tell you more about it on Monday.

Before I go, though, I wanted to address a recent heated discussion that sprung up because of a recent Facebook status update I wrote. Now, I know there are some blog readers who aren't my friends on Facebook, so don't worry, I'll get you up to speed.

I was really surprised at the divisiveness and disgust that was shown by some of the comments, since I really had no intention of starting a war. I mean, come on people, I think there's enough room in this beautiful world of ours for all types of opinions and approaches to this.

(Photo courtesy of briancromer.com)

Cereal Milk.

My simple question was: Cereal-milk: drink or dump?

I've learned that people have really strong feelings about this issue. Personally, I like to drink it. My husband doesn't, so I drink his too. (Don't be grossed out. We are one.) While most people who responded drink it, some people were calling the milk gross and strange tasting, while others have found a family member who likes it.

The reason I bring this up now, is to let you know, whatever you do with your cereal milk (should you choose to eat cereal with milk) is fine with me. It's a free country.

Cereal does seem to be a popular topic, every time I say something about it in my status I get lots of responses. Maybe that could've helped me in my blog reader race with my sister. Oh, but then she would've just posted pictures of her 5 cute kids eating cereal and beat me even worse!

Have a great weekend y'all!