BLOGLIKECRAZY 2016 DAY 11: Veteran's Day - Ode to my Dad...

...i'd like to commend and thank ALL our armed forces members present and past on Veteran's Day.  After all, it's much, much more than just a day off for me (although I'm thankful for it, as me and my lovely students need an extra day apart to reflect and refresh so we can appreciate each other more).  We'll come together again on Monday expressing how much we missed each other (hahaha), and then carry on with the tasks at hand the week before Thanksgiving break.

 

I woke up this morning thinking about Veteran's Day, and Memorial Day, and my Father - a Veteran of the Koren War who passed away early last May.  I miss talking to my Dad!  I remember him asking time after time, after time, "is that all you ever do with your spare time - SEW?" (as if he thought there was a problem with it).  My response to him was, "What would you rather have me do?, sit on the couch and watch television and eat bonbons and grow fatter?.  And he'd laugh and laugh and laugh.  Then he'd say, "Guess you have it honest because both your Grandmothers loved to sew".  After having the same conversation soooo many times I finally told him, "Look,  let's not talk about my sewing anymore - let's change the subject".

I wish that I could talk with James "Rattlesnake" Coley this morning, and hear him say "Good morning my First Born".  I'd even talk about SEWING with him if I could!