March 31, 2021

Good morning everyone, today is March 31, 2021 Wednesday, another hump day upon us. It seems we are in for some rain the next two days. I guess we need it for the flowers to grow. My Easter preparations are so far running smoothly but each time I cross something off the list I add two new ones. Yesterday I took Amanda to school because I had to do some things in that area but I came across a small Italian store. Of course I had to investigate, as soon as I entered I felt like I had passed customs and was in Italy. This small store had every imaginable import you could want so I set to buying for Easter, now I have always called the first course antipasto however there is a new term the millennials are using The Charcuterie Tray, what is it you might ask, it’s an antipasto. So I did a lot of damage there and on I went to buy chocolate. Then the meat. So yesterday I spent a lot of money but I enjoyed it because I did it out of love to have the best Easter for my family.

As I drove around Newark it brought me as everything does great memories, what saddened me as it always does is that the people who made those memory and traditions are no longer here. Feesiby alone their ages would have made impossible. They truly were to use the coin phrase The Greatest Generation. As you drive around Newark you could almost see what life was like for them during the Depression and then on to WWII. As I have mentioned on my trip to Paris I visited Normandy the site of the D Day invasion. To stand on that beach and see what those boys, that’s what they were at the time, had to face, the weather the mountain, the length of the beach it is staggering to even think they could accomplish anything let alone get up that mountain being shot at. But they had perseverance, they had a job to do and they were going to do it. That is also a quality of that generation, and they did do it they freed Europe starting that day. I might add at a very high price the cemeteries at Normandy are breathtaking when you see how many died that day. I believe all American Children should see this and maybe we would not act like such fools. When I say that trip changed my life it was not just Paris but all of these things contributed to it, it made me better. I often think what would those men and women think of if they saw our world of today. Would they think all their sacrifices were worth it. You know what I think they would because their beliefs were different. America was the greatest to them, to destroy the flag or historical monuments would have been a sacralige to them. They had integrity, humility and a faithful commitment that is becoming obsolete day by day in our society.

So as one generation goes, it is replaced by another, the baby boomers, that’s my generation and we created the millennials actually they are considered the smartes and richest .

So today, I paid a little tribute to a generation who soon will not be here. Maybe we could take some final lessons. Let’s live a life through all the obstacles and make it better. We will talk soon. Til Tomorrow!