It is Memorial Day in America. We spend a three-day weekend remembering those who gave their lives in defense of freedom. Today we’re going to talk about a life that was freely given to give you your freedom.
This week, in America, we celebrate Thanksgiving. Our friends to the north in Canada celebrated this in October. I do not know the basis of the Canadian celebration, but being a native New Englander who can trace his roots back to the early 1600s in Connecticut, I am quite familiar with the pre-American tradition that has become a national holiday.
Americans, me included, over-indulge on everything. What caused me to come to this conclusion are several things but here are a few examples.