Memorial Day Weather is Appropriate

Another Memorial Day in the Northwest and it is quite wet.  We have all come to expect damp and cool conditions on what most of America considers the gateway to summer.  Here in the 'Couv' we often have a very wet spring. That means we have to wait for our gateway weekend late in June or as some people define it, "Independence Day"  When our nation celebrates its independence, we in the Northwest, celebrate both the holiday and our independence from RAIN.

So drip, drip goes the rain and so goes Memorial Day. A few times it was quite robust, the pounding of precious water against our homes in America's Vancouver.  Don't let the forecast and the skies dominate your day.  There is much to do albeit inside or under the cover of your patio, if you are so equipped.

Memorial Day is more than just another Monday off.  Today our great nation honors those men and women who have fallen in their efforts to uphold our country's freedom and prosperity.  There are families who grieve the loss of a son or daughter, a mother or father. For those among us, the rain is solemn and reflective.  Our showers bring about a mood of sorrow, but it is an action that gives us life in the form of water.  Those great Americans from long ago to recent times gave all they could give to protect the rights and freedoms of all of us.

So fret not the pitter-patter of God's life giving bounty of precipitation.  Take a moment of consideration for the gratuity of our American life and take recompense in a holiday that honors those who have fought to keep it so.  Let those drops flow down like an ataractic stream that soothes your soul.  Today is a day of thanksgiving and remembrance.  Today we honor those whose lives were given so that we might live in freedom. Perhaps each raindrop from the heavens is tear from God for us to acknowledge the sanctity of life.  Today is solemn and in many ways it is a day that probably ought to be showery. And so it is.