Happy Veteran's Day!
Yesterday, following morning worship service at church, we went with our son to Veterans Tribute Park in Oakland Township for a ceremony honoring veterans. It's a beautiful park established in 2018. The rain stopped long enough for the observance ceremony that began at 1:00 p.m.
We arrived early so were able to get some pictures. Below is my hubby standing in front of the Air Force monument, the branch of armed forces he served in from 1966-1969.
Dave Sokol, who serves on the Board of Directors for the park, attends our church. A West Point alumni, he opened the ceremony by welcoming everyone.
A soloist sang "God Bless America."
Our son, Steve, said a few words about the significance of Veterans Day and offered a prayer of gratitude and God's protection.
The event was well attended in spite of the inclement weather.
After the ceremony, we joined Steve's family at P.F. Chang's for a birthday dinner for my hubby. His birthday is actually tomorrow, the 12th, but we celebrated early with them.
Last Friday night was a gathering of a different nature with four of my maternal first cousins. I'm the oldest surviving female cousin [two are deceased] and several of the younger cousins couldn't make it. Two who share my birth year but are a few months younger live in California - a bit too far to attend. I took lots of nostalgic pictures to look at and we had lots of fun reminiscing. My mother was one of seven children, all deceased now.
The two gals standing next to me are sisters, and the two gals seated are also sisters. I hadn't seen my cousin, Sylvia [bottom right], since 1989 - 35 years, yikes, that was a long time! We said we wouldn't wait that long in the future! ;-)
They felt I resembled my mom, and the older I get the more I can see my mom in my pictures.
It was a very enjoyable weekend.
I’ve been having trouble getting to comments from the emails - so today I took a second and figured out how to work around it. I have been reading and enjoying your posts, just not commenting. I’m glad you’ve had these special times with your family.
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