Jack of Harts

Today is Veterans Day.

When American remembers everyone who served.
Two of my uncles served. One on carriers and then the Army Reserves. One on submarine tenders. I know of two great uncles who served. One flew planes over Europe. One fought on a tank destroyer in Europe. One of my cousins served in the Air Force. Another is in the Navy right now. My Step Mother served in the Marines.

My family came home. They lived lives. Married pretty girls. Had children. And now most of them are dead. Old age and illness took them in the end. My cousins still live, but almost all the older generations of my family are gone. They served and are gone now. Remembered in pictures and the the memories of those of us who met them.

Remember them all.