Counting my blessings

Following another long and complicated work day I was greeted by my children who were incredibly happy to see me. I love Friday night film night with the kids, no rush to bed, no desperate need to get up and out in the morning.

Kids in bed and I put on the commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Completely humbled and grateful to those brave souls.

'The Veterans

They ask us why we do it
Why we still parade
Now that we are getting older
And just a little frayed
It's not for the sake of glory,
Or the medals on our chest
It's simply that we are comrades
Who stood the final test.
On the 6th June that fateful day
A day that we will never forget
Many a lad laid down his life
And paid the final debt.
So when you see a Veteran
Give the man your hand
For the medals on his chest
Were won in foreign lands
And when God asks the question
Who are you my man
I will proudly answer
Sir, I am a Veteran.'