Today is an important day. We take a day off of work, we relax with family and friends, and we enjoy beautiful weather with whatever luxuries we choose. (In our household, we'll be having BBQ chicken and cracking open a new bottle of wine we picked up on our long weekend in Asheville, yum!) But, underneath it all, and for many, many military families out there, we try not to let the true purpose of today be forgotten. We live everyday surrounded by the brave men and women who sacrifice, in so many ways, to serve a larger purpose. And even in our shoes, when you get used to the long weeks when your hubby is in the field away from touch and communication, you gain some callouses and forget about what it all really means. What we all really stand for. And, as many of our close family and friends have learned over the past week, those sacrifices are ever closer on our hearts today as we not only celebrate our brothers and sisters in arms who have made the true sacrifice, but as we prepare both for my shipping off to basic training next weekend and my husband's unit's rapid deployment to Afghanistan next month. It's been a lot of information, thoughts, and emotions to soak up over the past week (when we learned the latter news), but, after a much needed weekend respite, we are finding our way back into our groove of tough skin and preparation.
Yet, during our last vacation activity early this morning, we panted and sweated our way up some
300+ feet of straight stairway to gaze on this beautiful reminder. We paid our respects, we said our prayers, and we walked on. God has blessed us, like so many others before us, with the strength to keep marching, and that is exactly what we plan to do.
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