Memorial Day

what does it mean to you?? i have met many friends in every branch of the service, i've loved or been in love with a few men from each branch as well (uh actually as i sit and think on it yea, army/navy/air force/marines LOL, including the coast guard, uh that's a story for a whole OTHER day), and i've lost touch with most. my father was in the air force. my grandfather, was in the army. my taiji instructor was in the army (should have been in the marines as cocky as his sorry @ss is lol), and my very first sexual encounter is a Marine. my best friend's father was a Marine as well. i have lost contact with some of my friends that i met while living near Fort Stewart, but a couple i still do talk to and see on occasion. one is in Iraq as we speak. one retired from the AF (and went back to his wife the idiot LOL). i do not know anyone personally who died in any war. i'm hoping i don't anyway, i'm hoping that someone i have known did not die. i don't know though. but i do know that i appreciate their service. many i know don't like being in the service, yet when it's time to re-enlist or leave, they re-enlist. i appreciate the soldiers who have come before, who sacrificed their lives, for this country would not be as it is today. i will go to the cemetary near here *Marietta, Georgia* to walk among the graves of the soldiers. i would like to go to arlington cemetary and the Vietnam Memorial at some point in my life, but I know i'd cry like a baby. i don't know why, just a lot of emotion i believe. because like i said i do not know anyone personally who died in any war. although i think my grandfather has found some relatives who have. and at 3pm today i will take a moment to show my respect for the current soldiers, as well as the ones who've fallen. i may not be in touch any longer with my other friends, but i hope they are well and they are in my heart and thoughts....