A Teacher's Daze

I Salute the American Soldier Update (16 YEARS AFTER ORIGINAL POST):   Today, I reflected back to a day over 16 years ago when my three boys and I were at the dentist in Brandon, MS.  I filmed them walking through a field of flapping flags that snapped to attention as the wind whipped through the rows and rows of American Flags.  The city of Brandon allocated a large stretch of land within the town and displayed THOUSANDS of flags, in honor and memory of the soldiers who were fighting in the first Gulf War, as well as a memorial to those who had died and paid the ultimate price.    In this video, my youngest child Avery was three. This year he graduated from high school and plans to enter college in the Fall and major in Software Engineering.  My middle child, Alex, is married with a B.S. Degree in Nursing, specializing in dialysis, and my oldest son, Andrew, is also married with a B.S. Degree in Industrial Engineering.  It is humbling to think that w...