Memorial Day

Every year around Memorial Day the cable stations are filled with stories and movies about war and the men and women who fought them. Most of the movies show us the romance and glory and excitement that war brings. Growing up I loved watching them, I couldn't get enough. I especially loved the ones with John Wayne and the Marines. They always seemed to be able to do what it took to get the job done. Of course, John Wayne, was a movie star and never actually served in the military. His movies however, helped contribute quite a lot to the war efforts during his lifetime.
Memorial Day is a time we should be reflecting on those who gave their lives for our country. We have lost many many young men and young women for the ambitions and ideals of world government leaders. These young men and women were usually seventeen to nineteen years old. In the beginning they were in love with the excitement and glory. When they saw the reality of war, the carnage and destruction, they became a changed person. They fought to stay alive and keep their brothers in arms alive. Sadly, this did not happen.
So many were gone prematurely, never to raise a family or become a contributing member to our society. How many of these people could have become president or senator or a doctor, the finder of the cure for cancer.
Endless possibilities for not only these people but for society as a whole. We have lost generations to the tragedy of war.
I still enjoy watching war movies, I don't find war glorious or exciting. I pray someday there will be no wars. This Memorial Day and all Memorial Days I will give thanks to those who gave all and I will pray for them and I will pray that they are the last to know the carnage of war.