Memorial Day and the Effects of Drinking and Driving

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So how many people partied this weekend for the Big Memorial Day Event? How many people actually remembered what the day was supposed to be for? What is Memorial Day for?

I was just sitting here this morning wondering how many people went out and celebrated a Holiday not knowing entirely what it was for? So often we see people getting drunk and playing sports and just having a good old time on this day. What is Memorial Day supposed to be for? Why DO we celebrate this occasion and why are people always having such a fun time on this day?

We do not teach our children that Memorial Day is a day to remember all of the soldiers who lost their lives defending our country and freedom. We do not teach them that this is the one day where, it isn’t only the parent of the soldiers that will often have a sad day, but friends and family of the loved and lost ones will as well.

We do not teach our children that the families of these lost soldiers are not only grieving on the day of the loss, but they grieve for the loss on many occasions Memorial Day being Nationwide.

Have you ever taken your child down to a cemetary and explained what the decorations are for on this sad occasion? I did. I took my son one year and the questions he asked were just overwhelming. He wanted to know why so many people were there and why so many of the “tombs” as he called them were decorated, when normally they weren’t as many “flowers and stuff” there. As we walked through the cemetary and I explained to him that they were there because this was the day that we Honored the soldiers that “died” in our wars, he suddenly became very interested! He wanted to know why we weren’t decorating anything. This was the first time I had ever just gone and done something crazy. We went to the store and we bought a flower for every lost Veteran there. We then placed the flowers on the gravesight(s) and left. By the time we were through with this, he was sure that we had done the right thing. Now each year my son likes to decorate and remember what the sad story and the “HERO’s” have done for us.