It's certainly appropriate that we all say a prayer for those that have given us the Freedom to enjoy the lives we have....in my case,I almost didn't happen as my Father's Aircraft Carrier was heavily Kamikazeed during the decisive Battle of Leyte in the Pacific,their ship lost 1,000 men and my Dad went into the water with a severe head injury. The heroics of other sailors saved his life and a Dr. under great duress was able to temporarily repair his skull....I lost an uncle in Korea,although I was too young to remember much,but I live everyday with the memory of my two best buddies from HS being killed in Vietnam,one blown in half by a "bouncing betty" and the other a gunner on an attack helicopter shot out of the air. I still live with guilt as I avoided conscription,albeit not before a short incarceration.
I sincerely hope none of you have suffered the loss of a child or sibling in the Middle East,or other conflicts,but odds are you have. Most of you knew victims of 9-11,whom i consider war casualties.
Let's all take a moment,give Thanks to those we knew and those we never knew ,say a prayer for their souls and try to remember the Good times we enjoyed with them,I believe that's what they would have wanted.