America's Heroes

Well...today was a very sad and very eye opening day for me. Michael and I attended a memorial service today for one of his childhood friends who was killed in action in Afghanistan. Unfortunately this young man was killed the very day my baby brother was arriving back in Texas for his R&R, so of course it hit our family pretty hard. The service broke my heart and at the same time made me so angry. There were actually protesters close to the church with signs that read "God hates you!" Do they not even realize the man they are claiming God hates is the one that fought for the freedom for them to hold that sign!!!! The pastor who spoke also made a great point when he spoke about how so many people think the men who can throw a touchdown, slam dunk a basketball or hit a golf ball are seen as heroes today. When, in all actuality it is the men and women in uniform that serve this country both overseas and here in the states in the form of police, firefighters and soldiers. At what point did so many people forget that? I hate the thought of this great country being in a recession and possibly going into a depression, but at the same time maybe that is what we really need. We need to get back to our roots and realize that we can survive without dressing our kids in name brands, not buying them EVERYTHING they want and spending more quality family time together at home. Maybe these sports all need to take a huge hit from people not affording their tickets for the athletes to realize how fortunate they have been making a "king's ransom for a child's game" and they will hopefully stop "crying" for more money. Do they not realize that while they are complaining about not enough millions, there are soldiers families that are barely scraping by?! It just makes me sad to see that this is how far we've come.