A moment of reflection on this Memorial Day...
The first thing I do every morning is to check the General Discussion page of DU to see if anything occurred while I was asleep, and the second thing I do is check my local Legacy.com in order to see who passed away. It is something I’ve done for decades and unfortunately, since death notices have apparently become fairly pricey, very few are “printed“ online and in the paper.
This morning, in a moment of whatever, I was looking at the new format of the website, and they have a button which will take you to celebrity deaths, starting with the most recent. I had no idea so many notable people have passed away in the last year and a half, which is where I stopped. As far as I know, a little or no mention, was made of many if not most of these passing in any milieu, which I saw, and was surprised, but certainly not shocked to see a lot of names which were a significant part of my youth and middle age.
Since I’m in my eighth decade, I have begun to reflect upon those whose lives were cut short, as well as those who lived extremely long and productive existences. I also think about my father, who was a four-year veteran of the Pacific theater in World War II, somehow survived, came back, a changed and forever affected man, and in a way he sacrificed not his life, but his sanity to some extent, and I pay tribute to him today, as well as all of those who sacrificed in the charnel house of War.
As an aside, as I was leaving my office on Thursday, which was my last day of work prior to the holiday, some of my coworkers wished me a “happy Memorial Day”and I thought that was both quite interesting and disheartening in many ways. And I wish everyone here, a tranquil day of reflection and enjoyment of life, for we never know how long we each have here on this Earth.
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