Lite Rain Falling For A Cooler Morning Coffee Muses

Memorial Day, a day to pay homage to all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the ideal we call America. Started in the aftermath of terrible time when brother fought brother, cousins bore arms against one another. They called it Decoration Day back then, and decorations were placed on the graves of all at the battlefields of the Civil War. Today is a rainy cool day perfect for the contemplation of patriotism, service, sacrifice…

My great-grandmother was one of those Confederate War widows. She married my great-grandfather after the war. She had a young son with her when she married. My great-grandfather was too young to fight barely 15 when the war was over, but somewhere around that time he aged 5 years and married an older woman. Did he age to go to war?

Time to fix breakfast…