Honor and Rememberance

Today of course is Veterans Day, a day when the nation honors all who served.  Originally Armistice Day, which commemorated the end of Word War I on the 11th day of the 11th month, the celebration was eventually expanded to honor all American Veterans.  We salute all brothers in arms especially those who never made it back.

Today also marks another celebration of sorts for me.  It's the146th  birthday of my paternal grandmother, Mary Murphy Hanrahan.  She was born in 1879 and passed in 1969 when I was 19.  She was born in Kings Cove on Bonavista Bay in Newfoundland, I remember her soft Newfoundland Irish brogue back when I was a kid.  (She used to say that in Newfoundland when she was a kid, they were so poor that all they had to eat were lobsters!)  

Today stands as a solemn reminder of the courage, dedication, and sacrifice of those who have defended our nation in times of war and peace. I also remember and thank Nana for the life she lived and for her gift of my father.  May God bless the memory of all of them.