Memorial Day Weekend

Hey y’all and Happy Memorial Day Weekend to everyone.  I wanted to drop in and let you know that ATS LIVE will be airing a classic tomorrow evening. I’ll really miss being with y’all, especially since I was out last week with the little Bellerinas’ dance recital. I don’t think I’ve missed two weeks in a row since I started doing live radio, but I have no doubt that it’s the right choice.

Tomorrow will find me here in Lake Providence with friends and family. We’ll grill, eat, play, and swap stories but only after we’ve joined the community for our town’s traditional Memorial Day service.

It’s held at noon on the lake bank across from the Byerley House Convention Center and it’s always a special time to stop and pay our respects to those who have given everything for the freedom we enjoy. If you are anywhere close, you’re welcome to join us.

If you can’t make it, please be diligent not to take your liberty for granted. Even if your town doesn’t have a Memorial Day service, you can have your own right there in the backyard with your loved ones by stopping to honor the fallen.  Pomp and circumstance have their place but they are clouds without rain if there’s no sincerity.

Let your little ones hear you offer a prayer for those whose memories remain painful despite the passage of time, for families aching with fresh grief, and for the future of this great nation. I am an unabashed patriot who loves my country. I contend that America is still the home of the brave and the land of the free, as evidenced by the ongoing sacrifices of men and women who are putting themselves in harm’s way even as I type these words and you read them. Let’s hold her up to the only One who can heal her divide and ensure her future. God Bless America.

Until next week–

Hugs, Shellie