{"id":131418,"date":"2025-05-26T06:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=131418"},"modified":"2025-05-26T06:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:42:13","slug":"memorial-day-thank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/26\/memorial-day-thank\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day and a thank you."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, friends\u2014<\/p>\n<p>I know this weekend is often seen as the unofficial kickoff to summer, filled with get-togethers, barbecues, and celebrations with friends and family.\u00a0 But I believe it\u2019s so important to pause and remember the true meaning behind Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131419\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-26-at-7.41.13\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-26-at-7.41.13\u202fAM.png 780w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-26-at-7.41.13\u202fAM-252x300.png 252w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-26-at-7.41.13\u202fAM-768x914.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a day to honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to our country\u2014those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy every day. And it\u2019s not just their sacrifice we recognize, but also the deep sacrifice of the families they left behind. I don&#8217;t think its acknowledged enough that the gift these brave men and women give our country is a gift from their families as well. They have\/are given up &#8220;traditional life&#8221; with their loved ones to share them with and for our country.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you will watch (and share) this\u00a0 short, beautiful video as a small way to reflect, remember, and give thanks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Memorial Day Tribute - &quot;Thank You&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/arSiv9PRo04?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To all who have served, and to their families\u2014thank you. Your sacrifice will never ever be forgotten. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f1fa_1f1f8\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" data-emoji=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" aria-label=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-115369 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MIMIMIMI.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"692\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MIMIMIMI.png 692w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MIMIMIMI-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MIMIMIMI-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MIMIMIMI-282x282.png 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, friends\u2014 I know this weekend is often seen as the unofficial kickoff to summer, filled with get-togethers, barbecues, and celebrations with friends and family.\u00a0 But I believe it\u2019s so important to pause and remember the true meaning behind Memorial Day. It\u2019s a day to honor the brave men and women who gave their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131420,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131418\/revisions\/131420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}