For Monday, May 28th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 28TH,  2012

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

It's MONDAY!  

MEMORIAL DAY!

Memorial Day is officially celebrated on the last Monday during the month of May. Memorial Day is dedicated to service men and women who gave their lives for freedom and country. It is also a time to remember loved ones who have passed away. The roots of Memorial Day go back to 1865 and the end of the Civil War.

Memorial Day was traditionally held on the 30th of May. In 1971, Congress changed it to the last Monday in order to afford a three day holiday weekend. Regardless of the date, we encourage you to attend a parade, and to visit a cemetery to honor and remember our servicemen . Take time to remember lost loved ones in whatever way you feel appropriate.

Memorial Day also marks the beginning of the gardening and summer seasons, even though summer will not occur for a few weeks later. It is usually marked by holding the first family picnic of the year

NEWS FROM HOME

Did you Know? Memorial Day was first called Decoration Day. It was changed to Memorial Day in 1882.  

The custom of honoring ancestors by cleaning up cemeteries and decorating graves is an ancient tradition.  In early rural American it was often a time for family reunions and picnics.  After the Civil War, Americans needed  patriotic ceremonies to honor its military dead and they were centered on decoration of soldiers' graves though out the nation.  

All of us, at one time or another, have felt heart sick about war.   Let us  continue to pray for peace in our world.  Let's pray that hearts might be transformed, to find the path of peace together.  But, as we pray, let's let peace have a chance in our own hearts, in our own world, close at home.  The peace making begins with God's work in us.  

I'll be visiting the cemeteries today where my loved ones are buried.  I've some flowers to put there in remembrance of them.  They are gone now to a better place but will never be forgotten.

There will probably be some celebrations as DD and her hubby bring that new baby home today too.  Making new memories to last a life time.

The circle of life goes on and on...

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
seek to be consoled as to console,
not so much to be understood as to understand,
not so much to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
it is in dying that we awake to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in

your loving hands.

Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the

selfless acts they perform for us

in our time of need. I ask this in the

name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me!

23 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Celebrate the happiness
that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday,
and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

 

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma