I can still remember the tears that would well up in my Dad’s eyes if and when he would talk about “the war”. He served in WWII as a radar man on the aircraft carrier Saratoga. He was only 21 and had never been outside of his hometown of Omaha, NE. He was frightened the entire time and also seasick. Their ship nearly sunk twice.
I hope you all saw our country musicians on the ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops. Wow, does our military ever “got talent”. Toby Keith wrote and sang “Call a Marine” and performed it with Lt. Col. Mike Corrado. I read Keith had to clean it up a bit because it’s normally one of the songs he performs for the troops. Finally the USO honored Toby Keith for his numerous (I think they said over 1000) performances for the military. Keith said, I do it for them and “in Bob Hope’s tradition”.
On the holidays when we honor our country and our veterans I always think of the brave men and woman that serve and have served our country. I get very emotional when I think of them and can barely finish singing, America the Beautiful or the Star Spangled Banner.
Have a Blessed Memorial Day.
Hi again, Cheryl,
Since you included your website in your email, I went on it and have read a lot of it. Very nice so far.
I had no idea that you and I thought so much alike–guess that is why I was moved to keep in touch with you so much? I will definitely keep the “Bless Your Heart” items you created in mind for my gift giving.
Thank you for the compliment on how we are doing in reaching out to the area residents and communities. It has involved advertising money that no one ever wanted to invest before, but it seems to be paying off somewhat. It is hard to tell actual affect, but we try to ask how people heard about events when they come.
I do know your are also a busy lady and hope that we will be able to get together when things slow down for you and me, too. We are doing 4 events this year and my husband is getting a little testy. He is a member also, but not “active” unless it involves mowing the grass and trimming around the bldgs for events. A new neighbor or ours at Bonner Peak also helps him.
He is a little selfish when it comes to me and doesn’t like to share my time so much. We love camping and fishing and hunting and have not done much fishing/camping together yet this summer. Perhaps next month? We don’t have an event in August!
Talk soon, Sylvia G. http://www.virginiadalecommunityclub.org (we are on Facebook–link on website.
Thanks Sylvia. Thanks for checking out the site. The advertising dollars you are spending will pay off. Just be consistent. I so hope the art show went well. At least the weather cooperated. I spent half the day, today, on horse back and doing ground work with two of my mares. Again, you just have to be consistent. Enjoy the cool weather. Cheryl
Hi again, Cheryl,
Since you included your website in your email, I went on it and have read a lot of it. Very nice so far.
I had no idea that you and I thought so much alike–guess that is why I was moved to keep in touch with you so much? I will definitely keep the “Bless Your Heart” items you created in mind for my gift giving.
Thank you for the compliment on how we are doing in reaching out to the area residents and communities. It has involved advertising money that no one ever wanted to invest before, but it seems to be paying off somewhat. It is hard to tell actual affect, but we try to ask how people heard about events when they come.
I do know your are also a busy lady and hope that we will be able to get together when things slow down for you and me, too. We are doing 4 events this year and my husband is getting a little testy. He is a member also, but not “active” unless it involves mowing the grass and trimming around the bldgs for events. A new neighbor or ours at Bonner Peak also helps him.
He is a little selfish when it comes to me and doesn’t like to share my time so much. We love camping and fishing and hunting and have not done much fishing/camping together yet this summer. Perhaps next month? We don’t have an event in August!
Talk soon, Sylvia G. http://www.virginiadalecommunityclub.org (we are on Facebook–link on website.
Thanks Sylvia. Thanks for checking out the site. The advertising dollars you are spending will pay off. Just be consistent. I so hope the art show went well. At least the weather cooperated. I spent half the day, today, on horse back and doing ground work with two of my mares. Again, you just have to be consistent. Enjoy the cool weather. Cheryl