Army Air Force, Navy, Marines and freedom. Then, just as quickly, the anger passes and reverence takes its place. Death is inarticulately final refusing forever to negotiate. That, and the awesome responsibility we place eternally on our fallen teenage sons, seems unbearably heavy against the lengthening prancing shadows of Sunday's frisbeers. Apparently, there is no period which can be placed after sacrifice.
All life is struggle.
As it is with man so it is with mankind. If we permit Memorial Day to come to us every day, we ignore the concept of sacrifice and dilute its purpose. When we do that we incur the responsibility to effect change. It seems there is no alternative to life. The values of our society seem to be distributed in our parks and find only confusion and sadness.