Memorial Day Coincidence
"Pick a number."
I wasn't even facing Ania, but I reacted immediately; "46".
"Show respect for military personnel", she read.
- Instruction #46 from Life's Little Instruction Book
We've had the book for a long time, but I hadn't looked at it for several years. Ania had been flipping through its pages while I was doing something else.

It just happens to be Memorial Day tomorrow. Whatever your politics, that's a tough job our military does, and I think they do deserve our respect. Thank you, men and women of the United States military -- past and present -- for doing your job!
I wasn't even facing Ania, but I reacted immediately; "46".
"Show respect for military personnel", she read.
- Instruction #46 from Life's Little Instruction Book
We've had the book for a long time, but I hadn't looked at it for several years. Ania had been flipping through its pages while I was doing something else.

It just happens to be Memorial Day tomorrow. Whatever your politics, that's a tough job our military does, and I think they do deserve our respect. Thank you, men and women of the United States military -- past and present -- for doing your job!