Thank YOU

thank-you

To ALL who have served

are

serving

THANK YOU

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As we embrace this long weekend

and visit with those friends

and

family

please take a moment to remember,

and

by all means

while hitting those stores to get the

"ribs to throw on the grill"

the burgers and dogs

sodas and beer for the cooler...

say thanks to a Vet, a soldier, a family member,

ohhh geez

let's just say hello and thanks to everyone we see

on this Labor DAY WEEKEND

and

engage them

in UNITING

as

those who STAND TOGETHER

IN THIS COUNTRY OF OURS UNITED!

Get yourself that

AMERICAN FLAG

if yours isn't flying

and

be sure to get it in the wind

once you are home.

when the apartment complex or HOA

comes around and tells you to take it down,

let the first call you make

be to the local news station and paper

as

you remind them

of those who are fighting for our freedoms

followed

by the question

DO YOU REMEMBER

9/11

WE WILL NEVER FORGET

Thank you to those

who are serving; to those who gave ALL,

to those who ran to enlist

after our world stood still on that day

and to the families who stand beside them in hope that they will return and be able to resume their lives.

In a little town in

Radford VA

someone managing the Apartment complex known

as

Ridgewood Place

has decided

those who pay their rents, support their countries and communities

MUST REMOVE

the FLAG OF THE USA

along with the Little bitty flag of the local high school.

This is

America, our country here,

and

folks have the right to fly the Flag of our country

at their apartments, homes, and on their cars.

USA

(the management did not say to remove the plants that were paid for and planted by the tenant though)

"Remove the Flag or Move"

was the message!

STOMP!

In the New River Valley of Virginia

a little home of

"Friday Night Lights"

supporting our soils, our country

and

community!

Where is the local news and fellow neighbors to take a

STAND on this issue?

The reality is this:

we together in this country; in our communities,

our

little bands of villages

MUST

return to taking a stand for each other,

in

UNITY

as those who care

in order to teach our children

in order to demonstrate to the world

and

each other

that together

we are so much more

than words can speak

and

it is because

WE

are the land of the free

because of the brave.

On

9/11

the day the world stood still;

we

STOOD UNITED

the first responders

were NOT invited to show up then,

but

WE DID.

To NY ground zero to the Pentagon

we arrived, we faced the smells, the sights, the fears, and we walked through hell

as

ONE, Unity...

We attended to the devastation of families, friends, each other

with compassion, determination, and passion

of purpose.

Our lives were forever changed

are still changed.

Our tolerance yes, it changed too that day.

So then,

something that seems trivial like an apartment complex in a small little town in southwest Virginia, a manager doing a walk about with a resident and demanding that a small flag and a poster for a local high school be removed...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I cannot help but wonder... where were they on

the day the world stood still of 9/11?

So this weekend?

Have the best of weekends... while taking a moment to remember, a moment to think of those who have returned home in flag draped caskets or harmed in physical and psychological ways unimagined

because

they took a stand.

Enjoy each breath,

and

tell me

IS IT SO HARD TO TAKE A STAND

TO STAND UNITED

TO GET OUT THERE AND

"OUTSHINE THE SUN"

just because you can

Fly those flags friends,

DO NOT LET ANYONE TAKE YOUR RIGHTS

others are fighting everyday to preserve them.

Thank you

Joey Graff for serving

at

Desert Storm

Stand United
Warriors


The fire is burning, the sage is filling the air with hope, with prayers on the winds to all.

Many blessings as we welcome this weekend.

Walk In Beauty
DRSES

www.drsherryeshowalter.com