Remembering Memorial

This Memorial Day weekend was one spent with extended family. My family is your typical Irish alcoholic trucker family, where a seven course meal is a potato and a six-pack. The way I remembered those who have defended my country was thanking my two cousins who had just served in the Marines for their service. The oldest, Joe, had been an engineer for seven years for them, and my cousin, Mike, is currently a second lieutenant in his division. My one uncle also did a twenty-one gun salute at trains that were passing by in the backyard. Yay!