Veteran’s afternoon was always an important afternoon for me, because it was not only our birthday, however most of our family members served in the military, but when I was a child, our mother as well as our sibling would celebrate Veteran’s Day by having delicious food, as well as raising the flag, and my mother would also send care packages to our relatives as well as other military members, and then at the end of the evening, both of us would light a candle to our fallen members, as well as give silent thanks, then i didn’t realize the significance of this until I was much older… Once he was of age, our sibling also joined the military.
I still celebrated Veteran’s Day, however when our father died in service, that’s when it entirely hit me hard… Veteran’s Day as well as Memorial Day entirely started impacting me, not that it didn’t before.
I created our own celebration each year in remembrance. When Veteran’s Day came this year, I had most nearby families come over, all of us started by having the celebratory dinner, suddenly the doorbell rang as well as I remembered I had an Heating as well as A/C company coming over to do maintenance on our AC. I forgot to reschedule the appointment, so I invited him in as well as let him get to work… He told me our a/c was in fantastic condition, as well as to keep up the fantastic work. He also reminded me to replace the AC filter. He asked what our celebration was about, as well as when I told him it was for Veteran’s Day, he teared up as well as explained that his half sibling died during service. I invited him to join us, as well as both of us even share stories of our families, as well as military pictures as well as medals. When the afternoon was over, he thanked us as well as left.