This morning, I sang at Eagle's Nest Community Church for a Memorial Day special service for our military heroes.....those that have died fighting for our country and those who are the walking wounded.  It was so great that Daniel could meet and hear the speakers.  He's really into the armed forces lately and is thinking of serving when he gets older.  It felt good to be able to share the experience with JJ, Dan, Kevin and Craig.   I think they got a good idea of Memorial Day and what it is really about.  Freedom is not free.  People are fighting so that we can go on with our lives.   All politics aside, this weekend is the time that we honor all those who have served our country and paid the ultimate price.

Unfortunately, the afternoon concert was cancelled due to the fact that heavy rain was forcasted for the day and they didn't think that people would sit in a church for 5 hours listening to various music.  I apologize to all those who went to the event.  So far, I haven't had much luck when participating at events at St. Mary's Park...I'm two for two....hopefully, we can reschedule one day and all will go well.

We went to a family reunion this afternoon.  It was a tribute to my mother's mother, Grandma Hazel Coffey, who would have been 100 years old May 29th.  Four of her seven children are alive and were there to honor her with stories and good memories.  I saw a picture of my mother at the age of 8 years old, and scary....it looked exactly like me at that age..wow.  It was great to see my uncles, aunts and cousins, especially Tim, Erin, Ryan, and Megan.  We reminisced about all the fun we had visiting Grandma and how we would sleep under the kitchen table in sleeping bags and wake up to her clanging the pots and pans in the early mornings.  Her breakfasts were always the best.....biscuits and gravy, bacon, eggs, cornbread, good coffee.   She would start cooking early, we all remembered the waking up to the smell of bacon in the mornings.   Great stories and great memories.  I posted a picture of our cousins in the family section of the web site....check it out....I think we all look good...I would love to spend more time with them and catch up.  It seems like life just gets away from you sometimes with all the business that needs to be taken care of.  It was good to just be.

Today was a good day.

Tomorrow, I am doing two Memorial Day services...one at Roselawn Cemetery and one in Taylor honoring the only fallen FEMALE soldier in Michigan.  I love and support our military.  I am happy to do it.

talk soon,

L