This Memorial Day

This Memorial Day has been one for the books. Daddy, Todd and I got up early this morning with rakes, shoves, grass seed and a beautiful black stone. A story I must tell, lets go back to 1944 Daddy was a member of the Air Force and as a bombardier in WWII we have listen to the stories of many missions during the war, but never the bad times my daddy went through and to this day he doesn’t talk about it. When the movie pearl harbor came out he could not bring himself to watch it. Each mission he flew was always a chance he would not survive. But he did. While he was in the air my mother was doing her part singing in the USO, where her mezzo soprano voice would ring out across the airwaves and danced for our soldiers. No she didn’t fight in the air, on the water or in the ditches, but she made life a little better for all the service men as they came home. Well the war was over and everyone came home my dad flew one of the last missions in WWII. He came home to Fayette Alabama where he met a lady that was in town visiting her cousins. They knew they would be together the rest of there lives. The love lasted until death, you see momma his sweetheart past away March 20th 2012 after being married for 64 years. He misses her everyday as we all do. But for him it is a different kind of miss. He finds himself looking for her and she is gone as he reminds himself of all the good times they had. To love each other the way they did is beautiful within it’s self. Hold someone that is dear to you and remember them in all things. I stand and give Thanks to my parents for what they did to keep our America’s going. Happy Memorial Day to all who have fallin and all that are still with us. Take time to find someone that served our country and sit down and really listen to what they have been through for you and I to be safe. They really need you and I more and more. I write this to My Mother and Father Thank you for who you are, what you went through, and what you are going through. I love you so! Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor