Thursday, May 28, 2009

Memorial Day Carnation Drop

On Memorial Day we went to the carnation drop at the Palm Springs Air Museum. It was a thrilling experience. Carnations were dropped from a B-25 Mitchell bomber that thundered by not far overhead to honor our war veterans. Next time I'll bring a cooler. Ahh, hindsight is 20/20 where common sense fails to thrive.

Joe loves his big brother Dennie, and something about the way Dennie is tenderly holding Joe's hand in this photo just touches me to no end. Joe's other big brother Brian braved the center of the crowd to make sure we could pluck at least one carnation from the batch for our little one. And that is, in fact, what he did.

Thank you to all war veterans and to every man and woman who has served this great country of ours in any capacity, be it military service, as a peace officer, fire fighter or teacher. We owe you a debt that can never fully be re-payed.







2 comments:

  1. Awww, that first pic is so lovely...it's obvious Joe is loved by his big brother!!! I'm glad you all had fun...the pics were fun to look at!

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  2. Heather HappymakerMay 28, 2009 at 8:09 PM

    Thank you, chooka chooka!

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