A thought for Memorial Day
Each year at this time, I am reminded of family members whose lives were touched irrevocably by war: my uncle Joe who served as a medic in World War II and who through eight decades of life spoke often of a war that shaped his view of the world; my cousin Neal who came back from Vietnam a changed man, and my nephew Danny whose experiences as a member of the Marine Special Forces during Desert Storm seem to impact him still. On Memorial Day, I can’t help but also think of the loved ones who have left us and whose lives, however brief, have touched our own. In those moments, I am comforted by these words from Helen Keller: “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we cannot lose; for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
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