Our town hosts a Healing Field every Memorial Day weekend. It’s an absolutely breathtaking site and has grown so much over the last four years. I wanted to take my boys to see the flags and just so happened to partake in the closing ceremonies too.
The closing ceremonies were so touching, and really really really hot. But we did get to hear the lead singer of LoneStar who lives here in town. The boys likes the 21 gun salute the best, though!
As adoptive parents, so much weight is put on what you do or do not incorporate from your child’s birth culture. There are folks all over the map on what is right, what’s wrong, what’s not enough, what’s too much. We do our best to navigate that road, to find what fits with our family.
But something that isn’t talked about much, if at all, is teaching your kids American traditions. I guess, we figure they’ll just catch one. I dunno, maybe they will, but we want to be intentional about teaching our boys about traditions and holidays and the real reasons behind things like Memorial Day- it’s not a bbq or a lake weekend… it to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom. A freedom they are now a part of.
And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood
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