05/25/2026
Memorial Day.
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We have a Memorial weekend tradition at our house. Work your ass off and go say some names.
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What does that mean?
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Well, I fill this weekend up with work. Hard work. Dirty work. Actual work!
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For me it’s been actual work. New product work. Yard work. Today will include some project work. My boy spent the weekend hired by a neighbor who was replacing their roof. LOTS of hard dirty work there.
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Today we will say some names. With his work schedule we didn’t go put flags out on gravesites as we have in the past. But we will visit one of our military resting sites, take a walk, read the names out loud and learn a tiny piece of their story.
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If you have never done this, it’s amazing what someone’s dash can teach you.
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We’ve done this for a decade. We learned that a soldiers fear isn’t dying for their country, it’s the 2nd death. The one where they are forgotten and nobody speaks their name. We will always do our part to ensure that never happens.
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And the work hard part? Well, we do that because there are men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice for us! We honor those no longer here by working hard on our home and business because they no longer can. I’ve taught my boy the value of that vs a bbq.
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So on this somber weekend of thanks, we remember all of those who have gone on before us, fighting to keep us safe, fighting for our freedoms, fighting to keep us US.
You are not forgotten. You are loved and appreciated.