War and Remembrance

Greetings Dear Reader,

In a few hours in Australia and New Zealand it will be ANZAC Day.   In the early dawn there will be remembrance services.  A month from now we will celebrate Memorial.  Both of these observances are dedicated to the men and women who have given their lives in defense of their respective nations.

I have friends and family that have been in the service.  My beloved Daughter-in-law still serves in the Air Force.  I do not have much to say except to point out that no matter how you feel about the military, you have the freedom to express that feeling because of the military.

I think that sometimes we need to focus on just saying thank you…lest we forget.

Freedom Never Cries – Five for Fighting

I took a flag to a pawn shop

For a broken guitar

I took a flag to a pawn shop

How much is that guitar?

I took a flag to a pawn shop

I got me that guitar

What's a flag in a pawn shop

To me?

I saw a man on the TV

In a mask with a gun

A man on the TV

He had a ten-year old son

I saw a man on the TV

His son had a gun

And he says, that he's coming

For me

I never loved the soldier

Until there was a war

Or thought about tomorrow

'Til my baby hit the floor

I only talk to God

When somebody's about to die

I never cherished freedom

Freedom never cries

I wrote a song for a dead man

To settle my soul

A song for a dead man

And now I'll never grow old

I wrote a song for a dead man

Now I'm out in the cold

What's a song to a dead man

To me?

I never loved the soldier

Until there was a war

Or thought about tomorrow

'Til my baby hit the floor

I only talk to God

When somebody's about to die

I never cherished freedom

Freedom never cries

You can cry for her, die for her

Lay down your life for her

Kiss and wave goodbye to her

Anything at all

You can cry for her, die for her

Make up your mind to her

Anything at all, oh, oh

There's a baby on the doorstep

Wailin' away

There's a baby on the doorstep

Longin' for the day

There's a baby on the doorstep

Who'd give his life to take

A flag to a pawn shop

A flag to a pawn shop

May he forget

Why he is cryin' some day

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store."