OK, so here I go. I've pulled out my soap box and am now placing myself upon it. I'm pissed off, annoyed, disgusted, completely irate and infuriated by the lack of care this generation seems to have. WTF!! People used to give a damn!! People used to be more than just talk!! People used to show up in droves to celebrate and remember the lives of those who have died serving and protecting this country and those who are still fighting for this country!! I'm a veterans daughter. A veterans Granddaughter. A veterans niece. A veterans Great-granddaughter. My son's father is now in the Army. While I might not like him very much I appreciate what he is doing for us!! What he and many other are doing or have done for this country. I have lost friends to wars. I have seen friends lives fall apart upon a "safe" return home to their families. I've watched my own father suffer from blackouts, alcoholism, drug addiction, fears and memories left from what he saw in Vietnam as a Combat Field Medic. I've seen PTSD claim families!! Their lives as much as the soldier's lives get torn apart. I've lived it. Marriages suffer and die right along with the soldiers who lost their lives in battle. So, when it comes to days like today that mean a lot to me. A day that should be commemorated in a very big way I get disappointed and pissed off when I see people (my age especially) not giving a damn!!! What happened to all of us?? When did we stop caring?? What are we teaching our kids?? I refuse to lose sight of why we celebrate the memory of our loved ones!! I won't allow Cammie to become a kid who doesn't care!!! I want him to know what today means!!! So, forgive me if when I go to the parade in my hometown and see the lack of enthusiasm and the lack of care and the complete lack of respect from the crowd I get a lot pissed off!! Stand up andf clap for the soldiers who walk before you!! Have the God Damn marching bands in proper formation and at least acting as though they want to be there. Make a bigger scene for the soldiers who have done everything for you people!!
Now ya might be saying to me. "Hey, I'm anti war!! I don't believe in it" Ok, I get it!! I'm anti-war, anti-gun, and anti-violence and I'm all about the peace, happiness, harmony and love!! My motto is always gonna be Make love not war!! But at the same time whether I like it or not...there are men and women in other countries making huge sacrifices to keep us safe. There have been men and women who have given their lives to protect us!! Celebrate them and the memory of the soldiers who do the fighting!! You might not like it but it happens!! War happens!!
So, before I step down off my soap box I'll leave you with this! If you haven't already done so...tell a loved one who fought that you love them and you appreciate what they have done or are doing for you. Shake the hand of that man who is selling the poppy's for the VFW!! Tell him thank you!! Remind him that YOU/WE do care about them!! Cuz if we all stop caring and people turn into what I saw at the parade today then we are all screwed!! Come on people let's start caring about things and people again!! If not for ourselves then for our kids and the generations to come!!
Thank You!!
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