"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." Dr. Seuss
As the mother of a soldier who returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, I am so grateful that he suffered no injuries and has had no lingering mental effects. He did however, lose one member of his unit while he was in country, so I dedicate this post and this weekend to SSG Edwin Rivera and all the other members of the Military who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the service to our country.
God bless them for volunteering to protect the United States of America buy doing whatever was asked of them... and blessings and sympathy to their families for all they have sacrificed.
To them I dedicate the following songs.....
As you have your picnics and family fun at the beach or wherever, please remember those who serve our country now, in the past, and those who lost their lives doing so.
** This is week #91 of Monday's Music Moves Me... don't forget our Grand Gala Giveaway begins with week #95 - and you must be a participant for at least 5 weeks to play! **
Welcome to Monday's Music Moves Me!!! We want to make our
meme fantastic but, we cannot do that without all of you... so come on share
your music with us and get your friends to share with
us, too. Our fearless leader is none other that the sweetest and
most wonderful Marie of XmasDolly. Helping her keep this train running
are ME, my dear friend Stacy of StacyUncorked, the lovely Callie of JamericanSpice and the newest member of our
crew... the wonderful and talented Cathy of Cathy Kennedy's Blog. We will also have some
helpers along the way when we need to because life is.... well, life! For
the month of May (starting today) our dear friend Denise of RunDMT, who is a faithful supporter of
Monday's Music Moves Me, will be helping out due to lots of "life" that is going
on with several of us. Thank you SO much Denise - you are
AWESOME!!
Here is what you need to do to
play along....
First step: Head on over to
You Tube, or anywhere you get your music videos and post them on your blog!
Upcoming themes are to you LOWER RIGHT of XmasDolly's blog.
Second Step: Grab our "Monday's
Music Moves Me" Button, mine is on my right sidebar, or off of any of the hosts'
sites.
Third step: SIGN THE LINKY -
Follow your hosts (we will all follow you and try to comment each week), grab
their buttons too when you visit (mine is on my right sidebar above the 4M
button) and show them some love by leaving a comment.
Final step: Go visit the other
Rockers on our Linky and PLEASE show them some love by leaving them a comment,
you know you like comments, they do too!
This week's theme is FREEBIE! Since this is Memorial Day, I decided to post songs that honor our troops, the true heroes of our country.
Won't Be Coming Home
If I Don't Make it Back ~ Tracy Lawrence
Letters from Home ~ John Michael Montgomery
This one always gives me goosebumps.....
Riding with Private Malone ~ David Ball
.....and one final song for all those who have paid the final sacrifice for our freedom.
The History of Taps ~ As told by John Wayne
I really hope you enjoyed
my songs - now it's your turn! So now pick your songs, write a post and don't
forget to add it to one of the linky's - there is one on each of the hosts'
blog. And bring along a friend,
will you - the more the
merrier, we say! We can't
wait to hear your songs, plus you might be chosen as our Spotlight Dancer and be
in the #1 or 2 linky spot, like this weeks spotlight winners.
Don't forget to grab the Spotlight Dancer
button from XmasDolly's blog and proudly display it on
your blog showing everyone that you were picked!
Now, go on and post your
songs... get your friends to post their favorite songs and link
up so we all can hear them... and have a musical
Monday.
ROCK ON,
MY FRIENDS!!
As you celebrate Memorial Day today, surrounded by your family and friends, please keep in mind our troops who volunteer to keep us safe and protect our freedoms every day of the year.
I'm very sorry to say there are some people not playing along just using our linky to get traffic for their blogs! Unfortunately, these bloggers will be marked and ignored, you will not get any benefit from our linky, so don't bother. All we ask is that you leave a comment, grab our button, ad/or follow us. If you don't want to post a video, you can post a link to a video, or post some lyrics, but please - at least attempt to make it music related.
*** Just one more
thing...
PLEASE, we are
family friendly blogs
and while we really
don't want to censor anyone,
we do ask that you
keep your songs rated PG13 or less.
If you find that
you need to post songs of an explicit sexual nature or language,
please find a
different venue.
If your song does
contain a small amount of questionable language,
Alicia from More Than Words says she started Friday Photo Flashback because "I have so many
pictures from my PRE-digital camera days. I thought it would be fun to scan them
and share them here with you.. I'm having so much fun doing this, that I would
love for you to join me, too! So dig out the photo albums and put your scanner
to good use! Don't forget to link up so we can all visit and comment on each
others blogs!"
I have been so busy lately, that I haven't done one of these posts in several months, but I wanted to take this opportunity to showcase my Uncle Raymond (my dad's brother) in Korea when he was in the Air Force.
I also want to share a photo of my son when he was in Afghanistan serving in the Army. Today is the 2nd anniversary of the death of one of his brothers-in-arms.
As you celebrate your holiday weekend, please remember those who have served to protect our country and their families. Pray for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice:
Share your flashback photo on your blog and link up with Alicia on her blog.
Wishing you all a fabulous holiday weekend with those you love. Be safe!
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday.... I'm looking forward to to seeing all of your photos, so if you leave a comment, please leave your email address so I can come on over and take a look.
These photos are from Memorial Day. Bill got dressed first and went downstairs while I was in the shower. Then I got the doggies and myself ready for the day. When I got downstairs, I looked at what Bill was wearing and had to laugh.... I guess it is true what they say about people who are married for a while starting to look like each other; or is it just that great minds thinking alike?
Don't we look cute? Sorry the letters are backwards, I took the photos in the mirror (HaHa) - the shirts say, "Celebration, FL supports our troops" - I guess both of us figured they were appropriate for the holiday. I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and were able to spend time with those you love, as you can see..... I did. =)
For more Wordless Wednesday posts, head over to the WW Hub, leave your link, check out the other participants, and don't forget to leave a nice comment - you know you like comments, they do too!!
And don't forget about our recipe sharing meme tomorrow: "Recipe Swap Meet Thursday" - have you got your recipe ready??? Don't forget to grab our button and play along...Happy cooking.
As we all celebrate Memorial Day today with our families, having picnics, swimming, laughing, playing and whatever else you may be doing, please remember to take the time to think about what today is really about.
