Good morning dear friends. My second father, Jack Harlan always called this American day of memory Decoration Day for it was the day when women decorated the graves of fallen warriors … In the South the women decorated the graves of all soldiers. They showed compassion and love for mankind… not political fervor. So let us remember today and drop the swords and stop rattling the sabers. Our guide who was a patriotic Russian told us a new Convention Center wasn’t being used this year due to the "Crisis in Ukraine" and I nearly blurted out something about "you started it and it isn’t just a crisis!!!!" … but I was in Russia where saber rattling has always been a way of communicating and I’m just a guest with my American ways… I heard a lot of stories of who took what in war.. and the celebration of those victories and the glorification of the leaders. Let us put the swords down and go find a warrior and thank him and then go decorate a grave today. I remember Omaha Beach and I thank God we are free. May God surround soldiers with light and love. God bless America.
Today we are in Helsinki and I haven’t written about our last day in St Petersburg. Amazing museums and churches, but you know what? No really new stuff. They need to change their story and come away from the past and let us pray for that. Live, grow and develop a healthy future. Be safe and look up! God bless you!