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We came to Watertown, NY this week to attend the wedding of my wife’s cousin. I will have to write about the differences between northern and southern wedding receptions soon; just not now. While here we visited some of her family in LaFargeville for Memorial Day. This was an awesome event. This small town has a Memorial Day program that had more heart than any city ten times it’s size. We started out with a parade through the middle of town. It was a very short parade; I’ve seen longer lines at a McDonald’s drive thru. This town showed that size doesn’t matter. There were people lining the sidewalks along the parade route. As the last parade vehicle passed, people from the sidewalks fell in behind the parade and followed it several blocks to a military cemetary. Once everyone had gathered in the cemetary there were several speakers. Some spoke of our military and Memorial Day while others just prayed with the town.  The local high school band played our national anthem while the flag was raised, during which my son and I quitely observed with our hands over our hearts the way an American should. Next, there was a 21 gun salute to the fallen soldiers who died either while protecting me and my family, or after having served our country. It ended with a solemn rendition of “Taps” by a lone bugler.

I am grateful to have shared this Memorial Day with a small town that hasn’t forgotten.

Tags: America, Holiday, Inspiration, Religion by Eric Sanders
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This is the first time that I’ve reposted an old article. I just thought that this one needed to be brought back to the top for Memorial Day. We, as a nation, have turned Memorial Day into beginning of summer national cookout day. I will be attending a chicken BBQ and parade tomorrow, but before I do I will take time to thank God for the people who have given their lives to protect mine. We should all take time to remember those people before we start cramming our faces with the food that is so readily available in our country. Remember, I am an American; I know what it feels like to over-eat.

Originally posted October 23, 2007

I want to take a moment to just say thank you to all military personnel past and present. I think it’s awesome that we have the greatest fighting forces in the world right here in America. I can go to bed at night knowing that my family is safe from foreign threats. For the past few centuries brave men and women have given their lives to protect the freedoms I enjoy, and I don’t take those freedoms for granted. I can only imagine the pain and loss these men and women felt during their service to our country. I can only imagine the pain and loss that the families of the fallen men and women felt when they got the news that their loved ones would not be returning home. I truly thank you all for your service and sacrifice.

Tags: America, Holiday by Eric Sanders
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Mike Huckabee recently ran a television spot wishing Americans a Merry Christmas and out comes the very small but very loud group of anti-American, anti-Christmas, anti-everything whiners. “He shouldn’t use his political position to push his religion on us”, “It’s a political trick”, so on and so on. I’ll bet that if it were Hillary Clintonstein wishing a happy hanukkah, or Obama bin Laden wishing all of his fellow American-haters a Jolly Jihad, we wouldn’t hear a sound, not even a mouse. It’s Christmas, you know like when Christ was born, and I personally think it’s ok to run a Christmas ad wishing a Merry Christmas during Christmas. But that’s just me. Anyway, Merry Christmas Mike Huckabee and all else who celebrate the birth of the Savior of the world.

Tags: America, Christmas, Holiday, Inspiration, Motivational, Politics, Religion by Eric Sanders
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I thought that instead of a straight up “what I’m thankful for” I would do a “look at the bright side.” So the next time…

…I have to yell at my kids for jumping on the furniture, I’ll be thankful that I have healthy kids who can run and jump.

…I hear some freaks abusing their freedom of speech by bad mouthing the soldiers who gave them that freedom, I’ll be thankful that I can exercise that same freedom when I call them freaks.

…I can’t find the TV remote, I’ll be thankful that I can make my two kids look for it.

…I have to work with some idiot, I’ll be thankful that he isn’t thinking the same thing.

…I get frustrated working on our house, I’ll be thankful that I have the knowledge, skills, and money (that last one is a stretch) to build a new house.

Ok, so I’m subject to being humorous at times, or as my wife calls it a “sarcastic butthead”.

But in reality I am thankful for my God, my family, my country, and all of the blessings that I have. Happy Thanksgiving!

Tags: America, Holiday, Inspiration, Religion by Eric Sanders
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