First, and on a more humorous note, was my dad hanging his flags. First, for those of you who don't know him very well, need to know that he is a retired Lt. Col. in the Marine Corps, so to say that he is patriotic is an understatement. He got a Marine Corps. flag earlier this year and has been looking forward to the first opportunity to hang it. He has two dormer windows on the front of his house and wanted to hang the American flag from one and the M.C. flag from the other. He needed help. He asked Michael to hold onto him, as he is completely outside the window standing on the roof, by the belt. So Michael literally was dangling my dad from the house as he's setting up the pole brackets. Whatever Dad!!!!!!! So dangerous. Anyway, he was happy. As we were leaving for the pool, Michael whispered to me: "Don't tell your dad, but the M.C flag is slightly higher than the American Flag. (We had already seen them from outside to notice this before my dad) If we tell him, he's going to want me to hang him from the house again." About a half hour later, my dad shows up at the pool, walking proud. I asked him if he happened to notice that the M.C. flag was higher? He announced that he had already fixed it! We are talking 1 inch at the most here people! I have to say that I'm proud to have a husband and a father that know the proper respect for flags! I would never have noticed. Here are his flags:
Later on, on our way home, we went to visit Michael's Father's grave in Orem. Michael is a little touchy about Memorial Day--he doesn't like to be told on a certain day that it's time to go feel sad by his Dad's grave. He likes to go there when it's quiet and when it's his idea. I talked him into it--I told him I wanted pictures of everyone, so he agreed. It was so beautiful! The sun shone on the cemetary and all the bright colors of flowers everywhere were stunning. The Orem Cemetary also has a large area of Veteran flags. I took photos of our baby, James Donl Peterson, on the grave of his wonderful grandfather, Harry Donl Peterson. He wanted to eat the flowers and slap the headstone with his hand, not understanding that he is touching his middle name. Maybe he does understand. . .Your grandfather would have loved to have known you Jamie!
All of our children missed out on the opportunity to know him on earth but understand they will see him someday. We love him and miss him so much!
As we were ready to leave, I turned to see Michael holding Jamie and whispering in his ear that he would have loved his grandpa and that we will see him again someday. I'm so glad we had the chance to go this year.
2 comments:
Can I just say what a cute family you have? Jamie is so sweet and growing so fast! I love the pics with all the flowers, very cool. The story about your dad was the best! He is so great! I loved seeing you today!
That's so great. Pictures of Jamie are adorable. Nice that you guys could go and be together. I would have to agree with Michael on the Memorial Day thing. It's a really touchy type of holiday I think. For me, I like to remember the good memories I have of them--being at the cemetery is not a good memory for me. That's just me though.
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