Memorial Day And My Commitment To My Children

I want to make a commitment today to Jonathan, Maddie, and any other children that God may bless us with (right Michelle??) to always remember the sacrifice that other Americans have made for our freedom.

Many of my family members fought in wars. Some even gave the ultimate sacrifice - their life. I am indebted to them for all they have done for me. So many gave their lives for my freedom. Men and women from all over our great nation laid their lives down for me.

As I watch many of the war movies on this weekend, it really makes me think. As I watch where the men prepared for the attack on Normandy, I bet I would be thinking, "I wonder how I'm gonna die." Not if, but how. That's got to be how they thought as they signed their GI contract to give their family money if they died in battle. They may have thought that, yet they willingly and obediently jumped out of planes, off boats, to the beaches to die for my freedom.

To all of those who have died I thank you - from the bottom of my heart. I also make a commitment to not take your death for granted and to pass on your legacy to my children that they may never forget what you have done. I will not let your death be in vain. I will fight also to protect my freedom now. Thank you for serving men and women, and thank you for your lives. You are truly great Americans!