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bem6207

(66 posts)
Sun May 30, 2021, 10:34 PM May 2021

Family cookout today was a.....

SUCCESS....this particular gathering wasn’t in honor of Memorial Day, but a birthday celebration for myself (May 25) and my late grandfather whose birthday is today! Tomorrow, on actual Memorial Day, we will be cooking and passing around pictures (as we do every year) of my late great great grandfather who served many years and loved being in the military.

As I’ve said before. Our gatherings usually turn for the worst when politics are brought up. Instead of me yelling to get the F***k out of the country If you don’t accept our president.. I was able to say, hey get some seconds, there’s plenty of it.

Not a peep of politics, except someone brought up how enraged everyone is about Kamalas tweet and said how ridiculous it was for them to be on her case about this... I smiled and just agreed. Was happy it was a positive thing to say...but didn’t want ANYTHING else to get said that could turn into a yelling match.

I will be honoring those who have fallen and their families who have lost.

Wishing everyone here a wonderful and peaceful Memorial Day.


Cheers!

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Family cookout today was a..... (Original Post) bem6207 May 2021 OP
Belated welcome to DU! abqtommy May 2021 #1
Welcome aboard! MLAA May 2021 #2
That sounds lovely. summer_in_TX May 2021 #3
K & R Progressive Jones May 2021 #4
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