Growing up, the 4th, Memorial Day, Veterans Day was just seen as a time to play...a day off from school...and certainly nothing I would consider "special". That was until a couple of years ago when I worked at the local VA hospital. Daily working around people (and hearing their stories) who gave their sweat and blood....sometimes a limb...sometimes their good health FOR ME and FOR YOU helped to give me an insight into who gave us our freedom, and at what cost. These holidays that at one time didn't seem too important have really taken on new meaning, and I like to spend some time to remember what it really means to have freedom. I hope what I am trying to say comes across right because sometimes it's hard to put feelings into words.