The Memorial Day field trip began with a brief civics lesson.
Mama: Faith, do you know what a soldier is?
Faith: Yes.
Mama: A soldier fights to protect us.
Daddy: It’s kind of like a knight. You know what a knight is.
Faith: Do they fight the badguys?
Daddy: Yes.
Mama: And sometimes soldiers die fighting the badguys. And today is a special day we remember the soldiers who died.
Faith: Oh.
Daddy: Hey, want to go pick flowers?
Faith: Yes!
Abby: I want to pick flowers too!
Faith and Abby picked wildflowers, and put them in a shoebox. When we had enough, we took our shoebox of flowers to Oklahoma City’s military museum, on 36th Street and MLK Road.
The whole family came (although Mama and Gilbert did not make it into the photographic record). Here Faith and Abby examine a 37mm gun at the museum, while Bede tries to sneak away wearing only one shoe.
Daddy caught up with Bede and reshod him. Across 36th Street from the museum is Oklahoma City’s Union Soldiers Cemetery, where servicemen from the Civil War and subsequent wars are buried.
Taking their shoebox, Faith and Abby placed flowers on the graves of the soldiers.
They said a prayer thanking God for giving us such brave men to protect our country from the badguys, and asked Him to accept these soldiers into Heaven.
With the last flower placed, they took a little rest. So did Daddy.
Of course I love the pictures. . . .
But I also love the fact that you taught your children something very important about this life we are living and sometimes take for granted.
What wonderful parents you are!!!
You make me wanna cry. The sweetness of little children…
Very sweet.
very nice entry.
what a nice way to spend the day.
what a powerful lesson and such a pure sweetness from your family.