Tilting at Windmills: Cards For Heroes

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Cards For Heroes

Here is something we can do this Memorial Day weekend for the living heroes who are serving US and our country NOW!

Click on the picture below to follow the blog hop and see what so many are doing- and how you can join in this wonderful effort!

4 comments:

Lisa Renéa said...: Thank you so much for your support of CFH!! Your blog is beautiful, btw. Have a safe and happy weekend.; May 24, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Heather said...: Thanks for telling everyone about the blog hop--it's been such fun!; May 24, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Maggie said...: Thank you for supporting our troops and CFH. Enjoyed the stories about your Grandfather and Father; May 25, 2009 at 3:38 AM
Shirley said...: Actually, now I don't feel as bad. I do send cards for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and to the hospitals when someone can get an address that helps them get there.; June 2, 2009 at 7:51 PM

Why "Tilting at Windmills"?

When I started this blog in October 2007, there was a story here about my connection to "Tilting With Windmills". Much of what was in that post no longer applies. Much other of it still does. So, here's the story.

When I was graduating from high school, more than 40 years ago, a group of my friend presented me with a print of Picasso's Don Quixote. They said it reminded me of them.

I get upset when things are wrong, even though getting upset cannot fix them. I dislike people who are cruel or petty or self-serving, and am frustrated that I cannot change them. I fight a daily battle with my health, although I know that every new day is another battle. I have a husband and close friends who support me, even when what I want or believe seems crazy.

So, the comparison with Don Quixote is perhaps an apt one. The story encourages me to take on the battles I see, even the hopeless ones. It reminds me to try to see the best in people. It comforts me that, in the end, even if my actions are futile, they are not meaningless.

I mean to try to continue "to dream the impossible dream".