tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post8946902122659142143..comments2023-10-30T10:32:26.904-04:00Comments on Holding Patterns: Memorial Day RerunSandi McBridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-81707226044579941362008-05-30T06:03:00.000-04:002008-05-30T06:03:00.000-04:00We have Remembrance Day in November when we honour...We have Remembrance Day in November when we honour all our fallen troops, and there is a wonderful ceremony held in the centre of London where wreaths of poppies are laid. For me it will always be about Grampa as he served in the 2nd WW and still bears all the shrapnel wounds and believe it or not still has bits of shrapnel inside him they couldn't remove.Mimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15347739764524842718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-45480918749451323522008-05-27T19:23:00.000-04:002008-05-27T19:23:00.000-04:00I always cry when I read Flanders Field ... today ...I always cry when I read Flanders Field ... today no exception. But thank you, Sandi for a moving post.<BR/>xxSam Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15981522161884269876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-58642935041089893382008-05-26T23:04:00.000-04:002008-05-26T23:04:00.000-04:00Thanks Sandi. Flanders Field is one of those movin...Thanks Sandi. Flanders Field is one of those moving poems from English class somewhere back in time that I remember. So appropriate for today!Lewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697266305154485433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-56956366212544906522008-05-26T22:27:00.000-04:002008-05-26T22:27:00.000-04:00Hey,Great minds think alike--I posted the same poe...Hey,<BR/>Great minds think alike--I posted the same poem.<BR/>Blessings~<BR/>CathyCathy ~ Tadpoles and Teacupshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138532109948783736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-5597130122505819322008-05-26T22:22:00.000-04:002008-05-26T22:22:00.000-04:00SandiSuch a moving post!Hope you emjoyed a great M...Sandi<BR/><BR/>Such a moving post!Hope you emjoyed a great Memorial Day!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060366331794781160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-62594706012266784162008-05-26T21:24:00.000-04:002008-05-26T21:24:00.000-04:00happy Memorial day to your family.happy Memorial day to your family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-83263749483107636602008-05-26T18:34:00.000-04:002008-05-26T18:34:00.000-04:00This is such a good read...and always special, no ...This is such a good read...and always special, no matter how many times you DO read it. I have ancestors that fought in the Civil War and have always felt a strange kinship with all of those that were there at that time.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for allowing so many to read it again...<BR/><BR/>CassieMockingbird Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037974106431033012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-12064384666320256012008-05-26T16:55:00.000-04:002008-05-26T16:55:00.000-04:00Sandi, this was a wonderful post and tribute to al...Sandi, this was a wonderful post and tribute to all of our veterans. <BR/><BR/>I went over to the Vienna blog. Thanks for the link! She has a beautiful blog and I will enjoy visiting here often.<BR/>Hugs,<BR/>PennyPenny from Enjoying The Simple Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01480355122441712250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-71095366102259603382008-05-26T16:51:00.000-04:002008-05-26T16:51:00.000-04:00Still pregnant.. but holding out hope because Im g...Still pregnant.. but holding out hope because Im getting some pretty good contractions today.. if not for sure tomorrow ;) <BR/>Thanks for checking in on me Sandi.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08657584102879818107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-55251211603205094602008-05-26T15:27:00.000-04:002008-05-26T15:27:00.000-04:00Hi Sandi,Thanks Sandi for this post. I didn't know...Hi Sandi,<BR/><BR/>Thanks Sandi for this post. I didn't know alot of this or if I did learn it in school, I had forgotten it. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03187046701009700323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-86945397116519152902008-05-26T13:53:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:53:00.000-04:00Happy Memorial Day to You!☺Happy Memorial Day to You!☺Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-88605058278051620442008-05-26T13:51:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:51:00.000-04:00Afternoon, Sandi. I've tagged you for a meme which...Afternoon, Sandi. I've tagged you for a meme which Terry tagged me for a while back. Now that it's done I've been tagged for still another by Paschal. Plus there are two quizzes up for you to take. <BR/><BR/>Hugs!Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527606943179561117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-22219131270382176492008-05-26T13:30:00.000-04:002008-05-26T13:30:00.000-04:00I've been to the Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper a...I've been to the Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper and also to one of the nearby cemeteries and the poem is ten times as moving once you've seen the rows and rows of unknown men that fought and died in that war.Koriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265288130563481920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-23679469972277214722008-05-26T12:19:00.000-04:002008-05-26T12:19:00.000-04:00Oh to live in a land where we are free. Im greatfu...Oh to live in a land where we are free. Im greatful! I love your sweet little kitty on the last post. We have a new little as well. They only grow up too fast. Nice to meet you, Susie HSusie from Bienvenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14428674663127912455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-47501973694967581882008-05-26T09:23:00.000-04:002008-05-26T09:23:00.000-04:00Sandi...beautiful and tearful post and a wonderful...Sandi...beautiful and tearful post and a wonderful tribute to our men and women currently serving and our soldiers past. <BR/><BR/>I just read about the Poppy last week and then read this poem which I had never heard before.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the tears and smiles!Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18440751066438510282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-58898591046831759302008-05-26T08:38:00.000-04:002008-05-26T08:38:00.000-04:00Hi, you've been tagged!Hi, you've been tagged!www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-29396301205168635442008-05-26T08:09:00.000-04:002008-05-26T08:09:00.000-04:00Thank you, Sandi,for taking the time and care to b...Thank you, Sandi,<BR/>for taking the time and care to bring those times and words into the present. <BR/>I used to spend many an early spring break at Jekyll Island, and often visited the Civil War cemetary in the little historic town of Brunswick, right by the sea, reached then by a drawbridge. I walked the rows of graves, read the names of so many Fallen, names that talked of not only American, but French or Irish, German or other European ancestry, many so heartbreakingly young, lives full of promise, only at the cusp of adulthood, all sacrificed on the terrible fields of war.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-31343185301479884342008-05-26T07:43:00.000-04:002008-05-26T07:43:00.000-04:00My grandfather died at Flanders Field. If only we...My grandfather died at Flanders Field. If only we had learned a lesson from it.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-31056835280786824732008-05-26T05:40:00.000-04:002008-05-26T05:40:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing this. God bless you on this wee...Thanks for sharing this. God bless you on this weekend.SandyCarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10752798823532580733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-85374434048330361632008-05-26T02:27:00.000-04:002008-05-26T02:27:00.000-04:00We had this at our Anzac day service this year. Ve...We had this at our Anzac day service this year. Very poignant. Love little kitty.Ally Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168621270125184309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-80878989711313348302008-05-26T00:07:00.000-04:002008-05-26T00:07:00.000-04:00What a beautifully written post Sandi!Make sure yo...What a beautifully written post Sandi!<BR/><BR/>Make sure you come watch the video honoring our warriors at the end of my post tonight.<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful Memorial Day!<BR/><BR/>Hugs!<BR/>KatJustabeachkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06730467440181411875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-68694519557566535312008-05-25T22:38:00.000-04:002008-05-25T22:38:00.000-04:00Beautiful....hughugsBeautiful....hughugsDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181520825012037531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-11341468338587188202008-05-25T19:59:00.000-04:002008-05-25T19:59:00.000-04:00Aunt Sandie, thatnks for your kind words, it was r...Aunt Sandie, thatnks for your kind words, it was really appreciated.Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135610864480494708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-34853507280714165302008-05-25T18:08:00.000-04:002008-05-25T18:08:00.000-04:00Yes, I posted this moving poem also. But Sandi, w...Yes, I posted this moving poem also. <BR/><BR/>But Sandi, we are at War now. And who notices? Oh sure, the families of our Warriors notice. They have to notice the empty 'place at the tables' and all that implies.<BR/><BR/>But how many regular citizens are giving up anything, for the War Effort today?<BR/><BR/>ok, I'll stop. You are military. I don't need to preach to the choir. <BR/><BR/>Mari-Nanci<BR/>{who remembers WWII, forward...}<BR/><A HREF="http://smilnsigh.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Smilnsigh</A>smilnsighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207943167502354530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-12883159091414242632008-05-25T16:57:00.000-04:002008-05-25T16:57:00.000-04:00Fantastic Post Sandi. Really moving and appropriat...Fantastic Post Sandi. Really moving and appropriate.imbeingheldhostagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771374087307254969noreply@blogger.com