Tilting at Windmills: Veteran's Day

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veteran's Day

IF you know someone who has worn the uniform and served our country, please thank them today.

For anyone who wishes to find a way to support the troops currently serving, please check out Operation Write Home. This is a group of crafters who send homemade cards overseas, for our service men and women to use to have something nice to write home on.

If you are a crafter, please join the effort. If you are not a crafter, OWH always needs funds to pay for shipping the cards to the overseas units.

And, crafter or not, please make sure you stop back here on Saturday for the Operation Write Home Veteran's Day Blop Hop! You will surely be inspired!

1 comment:

Shirley said...: No kidding. That is so right. To see the grins on their faces, the seriousness on those who have had the challenge, wow! So true!; November 14, 2009 at 8:59 PM

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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".