57 years

This July 7th marks 57 years since I married the love of my life, my sweet Lorraine.  She has been gone now eight years and I find myself living one day at a time.  I know she is in a better place, no cares, no pain and I am selfish wanting her to be here with me.  I miss her so, I am so alone right now.  Lord, I pray that You strengthen me, make me stronger.  Lead me Lord show me the way.

Memorial Day

Monday, May 26, 2014, was Memorial Day.  The day we in the United States of America set aside to honor and remember those women and men who have served or died in the service of our country.  I enlisted in the United States Army in August of 1960.  Why did I volunteer?  That is the question.  I volunteered because I firmly believed that I owed my country and the women and men who had served before me.  I was repaying a debt that I had occurred because of what these women and men had done to secure my freedoms.  Our Constitution would just be beautiful words written on paper if it had not been won by the blood of the generations of Americans before me.  I was no hero, I performed do extraordinary acts of valor.  I was a radar operator in an air defense battery.  So do not thank me for my service, instead thank those  who served and are serving today for the peace you enjoy, for all the freedoms we have in this great country, for you have these freedoms and peace because women and men have served in our armed forces and have bled and suffered to secure them and continue to bleed and suffer today.  So, I ask one thing, when the picnics, parades and ceremonies are over remember and say a prayer for those individuals who have served and are serving our country today.

Dear Lord, please keep those who serve in our armed forces in Your loving arms, watch over them and their families.  Amen

Getting Old

Dear Lord I thank you for all the blessing you have given me.  The older I get the more I appreciate what you have done for me.  But, the older I get the more people whom I love are called home, my Nonna, my dad, my mom , my sweet Lorraine and now it seems you are calling my brother Joe home.  I pray for a peaceful transition for him.  Please wrap his family in Your loving arms, comfort them as only You can.  In Jesus the Christ name I pray.