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Today, Chelsea and I joined my mom out at the Marine's booth. On the weekends, my mom and her friend collect donations for the Marine's. Originally, we set out to indulge ourselves in their delicious, inexpensive breakfast menu! It ended up, we brought in about 1/3 of the day's donations!

As I sat there with my two sons and mom, an irritated lady approached the table. She instantly began to voice her feelings about the military and the ones who are no longer with us. She felt that a foundation for fallen soldier's (which we were displaying) was offensive. She continued on to tell my mom that we should remember those who are still fighting this war and so on. If you know what my mom is involved in, you will know that she is raising funds to send well-wishes to troops overseas and their family members.

I instantly found myself irritated that this woman had such a strong opinion of something which she knew nothing about. My mom actually calmed the lady down and explained what Operation Stocking Stuffer was really about. She left teary eyed, after she said she already lost one son and had family still fighting this war.

My question though, what exactly is wrong with "memorializing" the fallen soldiers? This lady was very upset at the thought that we might be doing this. I think (now it's only MY opinion) that we should do something to commemorate those who are no longer with us. They gave their lives for our country, you and me!