Happy Birthday Dave! It is amazing how time just flies! We feel young but really are old farts! The day started out at midnight storming! We woke up to great thunder and lightning! Throughout the night it went from bad to worse. It is the AM now-0630 and it is literally POURING! So much for having the engine finished! It is another cruiser ”Oh well!” The good news is Dave will have less to scrub when he finishes the deck.

As I laid in bed listening to the rain, I was thinking about our lives and when we met. We met at the U of Michigan in 1970. The important thing going on then was the Viet Nam war and the male “draft number”. I am thinking about all of this because today is also Memorial Day in the USA. Our family is blessed because Dave had a very high draft number. I have worked for the VA and have always felt that we as a nation did a disservice to our Viet Nam veterans. The country did not like that war however, our soldiers were only doing their duty to their country. It was not their fault or in their control to stop the war. They should have been honored when they came home. This was a sad time in our lives history – I hope we have learned from it. To all of our veterans – fallen and alive: We remember and are grateful, thank you for your sacrifice and your service. We appreciate it and are thankful to you and your families.

I will spend the day spoiling Dave. Every day I spoil Dave but I have a good excuse today!!!! I will be making his b-day cake and a nice meal. Also, I am doing two blogs so he has the day off. May you all have a safe and happy holiday. May you also take a few minutes to remember our fallen soldiers and say a prayer for them and their families. Until we speak again…..