Hello, Super-Couponers, and Happy Memorial Day! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. It’s important to remember that this holiday is also our time to remember all the brave members of the armed forces fighting on our behalf and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. I’m so proud of those currently serving, and I know we have many military families on the blog here as well with spouses, children, and themselves who currently are or have been in the service as well. A sincere thank you to all as we remember you and yours today.
“In Flanders Fields” – John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Photo by T.L. Carter-Valrie, Sgt., USMC ’98-’06
There is a wonderful story behind this photograph. Click here to read it.
