My Son

Last night had the distinct opportunity to attend church with my son while he was in uniform. He is in training to be deployed soon and I came to his camp to visit with him before he leaves.
I was so proud to walk into this foreign church with him. If felt great to sit beside him in the pew and feel so much at home. I cried at the sign of peace when strangers around him shook his hand and thanked him for his service and he replied to them, "It is my honor."
My heart is sadden with the thought of not being able to see him for a year but I know it will rejoice when I get to give him that giant hug when he comes home again.
I am proud of all of my children and the endeavers that they go through in their daily tasks. I can't take any credit for how well each and everyone of them have turned out because they have earned each and every accomplishment. THEY make me look good. THEY make me a great mom. Thank you!

Veteran's Day

It is the time of year that we pay tribute to our Vererans. Parades, speeches, and flags are in order for November the 11th. My father, who was in the Navy in World War II, never failed to honor this day.
So, on Thursday if you can please wear something red, white, or blue. Wave or wear a flag. And tell a Veteran, retired or still serving, thank you for what they have done.

Time Change

I am of the old school and I can remember a time when we didn't have to worry about changing our clocks back and forth. Then when they first started to do this it was about half of the year you were on fast time and the other half on slow, except for Indiana which stayed the same. Since my husband worked in Indiana and we banked in Indiana, we stayed on their time. My children and their friends got very well at telling the correct time in our crazy house.
After awhile, we got to move the days to change to the first of April and the end of October and at this time Indiana had to change and so did our house. Now we are the second week in March and the first of November for the fall back and the spring forward.
My question in all this is why do we even bother? The only thing that I can see that it does is to mess up our sleep patterns. Last year when we "fell" back, we had just gotten a new clock and I was afraid that it wouldn't automatically change like it said it would. So I laid there in bed and made sure. So much for that extra hour! I just don't understand why they don't leave it on the fast time all the time. Wouldn't that make sense?