Hello Friends! Officially Memorial Day is about honoring our deceased servicemen…

But ’round these parts’ it became a day to honor our kindred dead. As a child my father would ride in the hot car for “hours” traveling to cemeteries where his parents would meet old friends and visit forever. I don’t remember going to cemeteries with my grandmother, but I do remember helping her cut the beautiful lilacs that she would place on the graves of her ancestors.

One year we decided to visit as many of our ancestors’ graves as we could find in one day:

As a teenager, memorial day was the day we could finally plant the flowers without fear of a killing frost. We planted for hours…enough to make us super silly.

Creative Team Member Lynett also celebrates Memorial Day with Family.

How do you celebrate Memorial Day?