Comments on: Memorial Day: Thanks from a grateful nation http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/ Speaking from the Heart about the POWER OF CONNECTION: Reflections, Resources, & Heartspoken Gifts Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:13:02 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-153 Don, I so appreciate you and your friendship! Don, I so appreciate you and your friendship!

]]> By: Don Pence http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Don Pence Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:10:26 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-74 Hey Elizabeth I found it and was able to read you Memorial day remembrance. Beautifully done, but then I would expect no less. Hey Elizabeth I found it and was able to read you Memorial day remembrance. Beautifully done, but then I would expect no less.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:34:28 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-21 Well said, Steve. And thank you for YOUR service. Well said, Steve. And thank you for YOUR service.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-20 Thank you, Mimi! And thank you to your father, too, for his service and for raising a wonderful daughter like you! Thank you, Mimi! And thank you to your father, too, for his service and for raising a wonderful daughter like you!

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:33:11 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-19 Beautifully expressed, Andy. Thank you! Yes, our little town of Woodstock does a wonderful job of getting those flags out from the lamposts all up and down Main Street, and when I come up over the rise of the hill into town, it does take my breath away too. Beautifully expressed, Andy. Thank you! Yes, our little town of Woodstock does a wonderful job of getting those flags out from the lamposts all up and down Main Street, and when I come up over the rise of the hill into town, it does take my breath away too.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:31:34 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-18 Thank you, Kathy. I am humbled to know how powerful words can be...for good or for bad. Thank you, Kathy. I am humbled to know how powerful words can be…for good or for bad.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:30:38 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-17 Cindy, you are so right. The Memorial Day program from the Washington mall was so powerful and moving, and reminded us that the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform are just the tip of the iceberg. Their families sacrifice so much too, even when their loved ones come home. Cindy, you are so right. The Memorial Day program from the Washington mall was so powerful and moving, and reminded us that the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform are just the tip of the iceberg. Their families sacrifice so much too, even when their loved ones come home.

]]> By: Elizabeth Cottrell http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Elizabeth Cottrell Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:27:51 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-15 Thank you for sharing these powerful thoughts, Yank! Thank you for sharing these powerful thoughts, Yank!

]]> By: Yank Elliott http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Yank Elliott Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:16:01 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-14 Elizabeth, Your thoughts about the meaning of Memorial Day are beautiful. As a student of military history, I realize the sacrifices many have made so that we may be free. We must always be vigilant to insure these freedoms are never taken away by enemies within, or outside our country. Thank you to those who have served so well. Elizabeth,

Your thoughts about the meaning of Memorial Day are beautiful. As a student of military history, I realize the sacrifices many have made so that we may be free. We must always be vigilant to insure these freedoms are never taken away by enemies within, or outside our country. Thank you to those who have served so well.

]]> By: Cindy Soltis http://www.heartspoken.com/2010/05/memorial-day-thanks-from-a-grateful-nation/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Cindy Soltis Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:04:15 +0000 http://www.heartspoken.com/?p=444#comment-10 Elizabeth, Thank you for sharing your (as always) eloquent thoughts. I fear that, as a nation, we have forgotten that freedom isn't free. I watched most of the Memorial Day Celebration/Commemoration from the mall and was so moved by all of the stories of hardship and sacrifice. In spite of that, there was this sense of dignity and pride and determination in all of the stories and memories. I know that, given the same circumstances, these heroes would have made exactly the same choices they did so long ago to protect their country, their comrades and their way of life. How blessed we are, to be Americans. Elizabeth,

Thank you for sharing your (as always) eloquent thoughts. I fear that, as a nation, we have forgotten that freedom isn’t free. I watched most of the Memorial Day Celebration/Commemoration from the mall and was so moved by all of the stories of hardship and sacrifice. In spite of that, there was this sense of dignity and pride and determination in all of the stories and memories. I know that, given the same circumstances, these heroes would have made exactly the same choices they did so long ago to protect their country, their comrades and their way of life.

How blessed we are, to be Americans.

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