Monday is the Day

Always thinking of you my friend.

I understand exactly how you feel. I went through that with my dad. It turned out to be a fond memory.

You will be in my thoughts. 🥺

My heart goes out to you, and I'll be praying that Monday brings you strength and a sense of peace even through the pain. As a fellow Marine, I have nothing but the deepest respect for your husband's service, and it means a lot to me knowing you're honoring his final wishes with the military honors he earned. It won't be an easy day, but you're giving him a farewell filled with love, dignity, and honor, and I truly hope you can feel his pride beside you.

Unfortunate that you have to go through services twice, but the military honors can be uplifting as well. It reminds one of a side of the deceased we probably never fully understood and of their service to the nation that we may not have fully appreciated. Setting aside the grieving, it is a ceremony that can be emotionally gripping and memorable, imho, and having already been through the public grieving with the first memorial perhaps you can appreciate.

The taps always gets me. And the funny thing is it I do not relate it to my days in the army, nor even with death. In college, for the Big Game vs. our neighboring university, there would be a bonfire rally in an amphitheater at the mouth of a canyon. At the conclusion of the rally, they would read an eulogy to a legendary coach who had guided our team to one of the best and longest winning records in football history. The eulogy concluded with a line about how defeat, as it must to all teams, finally came to the team and "two months later, as it must, came to Andy Smith." And a solitary trumpet somewhere in the canyon would sound an sorrowful, haunting, echoing taps. Which, rather than generating mournful grieving, fired up the crowd, rallying them to go out and urge the team to victory the next day.

May the ceremony bring you better memories than further grieving. Just know that your late husband appreciates your honoring his service, and wants you to have that flag to remember better times. . .not just his death.

You will be in my thoughts and I salute the man who he not was, but will forever be.

You’ll be in my thoughts and prayers. 🙏

Xoxox praying for you!!!! Done.

We are forever indebted to his service.

The sad reality is many service members, and their families, cannot bring themselves to attend ramp ceremonies, or even honors in Arlington. The wounds are too fresh, too deep.


Will be praying for you during one of the most difficult chapters of life.

God bless.

You are a strong and resilient person.

You will get through this, and you will be glad you did.

Stay strong.✊

I don't pray but I'll think of you.

Reminds me of when my mom died and we had two different services separated by a few days.

Like I said, I'll think of you.

I’m so sorry this has happened 😔 I don’t really pray but I can think of you in my meditation and light a candle for you ❤

🙏🫂🙏