Yesterday, my kids participated in the time honored tradition that most kids have done at some point in their lives. They set up a lemonade stand. Dressed in red, white and blue with the sounds of patriotic music blaring off the porch, my flag-waving kids used the power of manipulation (who can pass up cute kids selling anything?) to make a whopping sixteen dollars in sales.  It was for their Kids Club that they formed with a few friends. The whole experience made me remember my own efforts at lemonade sales and the backyard circus we had when I was a kid. 

My friend Bruce Turkel went to the Mt. Nebo cemetary in South Florida to play taps at the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Day service (he does it twice a year — Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day).  For Bruce, my kids, and  me, it was a memorable Memorial Day.  I hope it was for you too.

Made me laugh: As I drove past the court house in the town where we live, my eyes were fixed on the flags that decorated the area where there would be a Memorial Day service later that day. As a moment of nostalgia over took me, my six year old daughter piped up from the backseat “Daddy, look it’s Decorations of Independence!”

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