No identifying markers on this picture from 22 years ago and it's not on the web so I guess it's okay. The boy on the left is my son. He's a Marine, now, on a carrier. This is my favorite picture of him as a kid.

This morning, I took our neighbor's 11 year old son to our hometown Rodeo/Fair Parade. I love a parade. Always have. Even before I enlisted in the Army, but even more so, now.

It was fun but I got ticked off at a looked like a female-student who was marching in the parade and had the American Flag draped over her like a potato sack. This was a genuine flag with freakin' grommets and everything! I know people do this but I've always disliked it. The boy I brought was busy diving for candy, so I went out to the street and marched along side of her for a few feet. I asked her why she was treating the flag this way. I said that it is disrespectful to be so causal about the flag and then I walked away, to their snickering.

When I got home, I was kinda bummed about it. I thought that I'm just becoming a crotchety old person.

But this post lifted me up so high! I KNOW I did the right thing. It's exactly what I feel, every day! I love America! I am in this all the way. Let's make it so that someday no one will ever snicker at American Patriotism again. God bless great country, God bless Q, POTUS and all you anons who are fighting this good fight. Thank you for making my day!