Memory and mission

Chances are you’re reading this blog post as you sit at your desk on Friday morning. In your head, you’re already miles away, on a beach or in a tent at a campground somewhere. You’re making lists and doing some quick math to figure out if you have enough charcoal for the barbecue or enough ice for the cooler.

We have so many things to remember on any given day. We have to remember our passwords. We have to remember our to-do lists. We have to remember our meetings and our school pick-up times and to get groceries for dinner. Many of us have trouble remembering what needs to be done from one minute to the next. We invent apps, we buy notebooks, we tie little ribbons around our fingers.

That’s the reason that Memorial Day is so important in American culture. We rush around, trying not to forget the daily routines and the big events that need a lot of planning, but how often to we take time to remember our bygone Servicemen and Women? One day surely isn’t enough time to recount all the sacrifices they made on our behalf. Sometimes we get so caught up in the hustle and bustle of the three-day weekend that we don’t even utilize that extra time as it was intended. We must make it our mission to remember.

Like so many businesses in America, DigitalMailer will be closed this coming Monday. Our company is made up of a wide variety of people with many different backgrounds. Some of them are veterans. Some of them have spouses, children or other family members who are currently serving in the armed forces. Some of them are the children and grandchildren of those brave few who gave their lives in service for the many.

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