Monday Coffee Talk

"This Memorial Day, we remember with gratitude the brave souls who gave their lives for our freedom. Their sacrifice is the heartbeat of our liberty—may we never forget."

 DOLDRUMS

(a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression)

Do you ever have them?

They come upon me from out of nowhere and I find myself {{sighing}} until they are gone.  I call it a humdrum day!

HUMDRUM

(lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous:)

Our flowers have been so pretty this year, I have enjoyed my time on the porch, just a swangin'.

Mr D enjoys porch-sitting too.

I haven't shared much about Merica lately, she's growing like a weed and busy, busy, busy.

I haven't seen her since my birthday in February, now that school is out maybe I'll see her more.

Bandit and Lily

She loves her new friends♥

Her new treehouse, a work in progress.  

I see some fun summer vacation days for this sweet little girl.

More Merica Pics:

I guess that's a Merica overload, but it's hard to pick just one photo to share☺

 I'm still keeping myself busy with diamond art.

Getting my diamonds together to start a new one.

On your mark, get set, GO!

To God Be the Glory, Great Things He Had Done.

All for His Glory

by Phoebe (with love)

Each breath I take, a gift so true,
Each morning bathed in skies of blue.
With hands to serve, and heart to pray,
I walk the narrow, faithful way.

Not for my name, nor earthly story—
But all I do, be for His glory.

Blessings to All

Until Next Time

Memorial Day

 From a poem by Frederick W. Emerson:

Our Nation is reverently thinking today
Of the loved ones sleeping beneath the cold clay;
Of the sacrifice made, and the brave deeds done,
To preserve our Union as a glorious one.
We ne'er will be able to pay the great cost

Of the noble, the true, and the brave that we've lost;

But over their graves, with tears like the dew,
We'll lay our sweet flowers of red, white and blue.

Long ago and far away my Momma had a first cousin named Jack.  They were more like siblings than cousins because his mother helped raised her.  When WWII started my Momma and Daddy were living in Corpus Christi, Texas where Jack came for a visit before he was shipped out.  That was the last time Momma and Jack were together, he went down with his ship during the war, his body never recovered.

Momma was so thankful for that last visit, it was kept stored away in her heart, it was her precious memory.

Thank you Jack for the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

You are still remembered.

With deepest gratitude for the ultimate sacrifice of our fallen heroes.

Until Next Time

God Bless the USA

Memorial Day ~ A Day to Remember

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America! God shed His grace on thee,

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!

My country, ’tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.

Remembering with gratitude those who have given their life in order for this country to remain free.  We pray their sacrifice will never be in vain and that the Red, White and Blue waves free forever.

God bless America, land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains to the prairies
To the oceans white with foam
God bless America, my home sweet home

Linking With Deb at Breathing In Grace

For Friday Foto Friends

Until Next Time

God Bless America

We've been in four major wars in my short time on this earth.  So many lives lost so I could be, and can be, free to enjoy life in this wonderful country, The United States of America.

My mother's first cousin was lost in WWII.  They were very close and he spent a week with Mother and Daddy before he shipped out, they never saw him again...and my Mother never forgot him.
Thank you Jack for giving your life to your country.

My little brother, one of the bravest men I've ever known, served three tours in Viet Nam and experienced unspeakable things...images that I'm sure still haunt him. 
By God's grace he came home.
Thank you Wayne for your service.

There are really no words to properly thank the men and women of our military, their sacrifice is a precious gift to all of us.  God Bless them all.

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I worked for all my life
And I had to start again
With just my children and my wife

I thank my lucky stars
To be living here today
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can't take that away

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea

From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to L.A.
Where's pride in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say

That I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today

'Cause there ain't no doubt

I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

Memorial Day is the day that's set aside to remember with gratitude and pride all those who served and died for our country and our freedom. 

Thank you to the men and women of the United States Military.

Thank you to their families, who have sacrificed more than we can imagine.

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service to our country can never be repaid.  They have earned our undying gratitude.  America will never forget their sacrifices.

Until Next Time
Freedom is not free.