Remembering

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting the President issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. An Act approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday; "a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as Armistice Day.

In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas shoe store owner named Al King had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who served in World War I. King had been actively involved with the American War Dads during World War II.

He began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into "All" Veterans Day. The Emporia Chamber of Commerce took up the cause after determining that 90% of Emporia merchants as well as the Board of Education supported closing their doors on November 11, 1953, to honor veterans. With the help of then-U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, also from Emporia, a bill for the holiday was pushed through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26, 1954.

Congress amended this act on November 8, 1954, replacing "Armistice" with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day since.

A huge thank-you to those of you who are Veterans or who know someone who is a Veteran.

I am so thankful for my freedom, for all who made it possible, and those who are serving now to keep it that way.

God Bless Each and every one of You.

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Tattletale

When I was younger, I used to tease my brother a whole lot.

I can remember a time when I held him down on the floor and made him shout out my name over and over again and I still didn't get off of him because I was just mean that way sometimes. I'll never forget what he said after I got off of him though:

"I'm telling dad on you."

Those words struck fear in me because I knew what my dad would do if what I had done was ever discovered and brought to light, so I would usually bribe my brother with something good such as a signed baseball card or some such trinket that he greatly desired. That way, my rear end would remain safely intact, away from dad's belt.

Fast forward to last night with my seven-year old.

After a wrestling match ensued, (no, I did not hold him down on the floor and make him shout my name), I grabbed a hold of his foot and he tried to get away unsuccessfully. After a minute of this, he wriggled his way free, turned defiantly toward me and said,

"I'm telling God what you did."

There's no bribing my way out of that one.....

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Timeless Advice

Carlos Whittaker posted this picture on his blog this morning.

Having already contracted and survived the epidemic formerly known as the swine flu, I find things like this extremely humorous.

However, I know several people who still fear this disease hitting home.

Here's my counsel to those of you who are in that boat:

No matter what happens, God will still be God, and he is bigger than anything life can throw at you.

Now go and have a pork chop for dinner in honor of our friend P..P..P..Piglet.

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