Memorial Day
On this day i'm a bit sad that no one called me except my sister, Mom and Dad and Zac...things like this are starting to get easier for me to except. Sometimes i wonder if people even notice the days slip. I think people are so wrapped up in themselves that they take things for granted. Again today many many people have taken for granted the freedoms we have. They completely failed to realize what has happened in the past and what is happening in the present to ensure those freedoms are granted today and everyday after. I know that many of my friends don't approve of whats going on around the world and how we are involved in it but honestly they don't know better. Many of my friends are against everything that we have done overseas for the last four years and to me that is upsetting at times. But today people did not just forget what going on now in the world, they forgot what has came to pass in this world. They have forgot their ancestors and all that they worked to give us now. Memorial Day is a day to step back and remember all those who have gone before us. All those who have sacrificed themselves for what they believed in.
Today i went to see a pair of rocks. These are not just normal rocks to the marines of 3rd battalion 11th marines. Oh no they are lasting monuments for two marines that have been lost in the past. Most recently was Philps. We lost him during operation iraqi freedom 2. He was part of lima battery. The battery that i am now a part. Today i went with my friend Tom to see Philps memorial at the battalion office. We stood there and talked about Philps and how he had an impact on his platoon and how they hurt when he went down. We talked about how my friend missed his friend. It was standing there with Tom that I realized that he had an emptiness within him. I also realized that being the one there with him i was starting to fill the emptiness that he felt. I realized that even though we haven't been friends for very long, that Tom would do just about anything I would even ask of him. I hope one day that i could be half the friend that Tom is to me.
I hope that next year brings something a little different. Maybe next year people will stop and think about all that has happened and maybe they will thank a very or maybe visit a memorial and thank those who are not here with us.
Today i went to see a pair of rocks. These are not just normal rocks to the marines of 3rd battalion 11th marines. Oh no they are lasting monuments for two marines that have been lost in the past. Most recently was Philps. We lost him during operation iraqi freedom 2. He was part of lima battery. The battery that i am now a part. Today i went with my friend Tom to see Philps memorial at the battalion office. We stood there and talked about Philps and how he had an impact on his platoon and how they hurt when he went down. We talked about how my friend missed his friend. It was standing there with Tom that I realized that he had an emptiness within him. I also realized that being the one there with him i was starting to fill the emptiness that he felt. I realized that even though we haven't been friends for very long, that Tom would do just about anything I would even ask of him. I hope one day that i could be half the friend that Tom is to me.
I hope that next year brings something a little different. Maybe next year people will stop and think about all that has happened and maybe they will thank a very or maybe visit a memorial and thank those who are not here with us.