As we celebrate Veteran's Day, my mind goes back to the day when I received my own Honorable Discharge from the United Stated Army in 1965, and how happy I was to be back home. We were in the midst of war then, with 390,000 wounded, 50,000 deaths and 10,000 soldiers who lost a limb, it was an ugly war.

Tomorrow afternoon is a joint Birthday party & sleep-over for my oldest Grand-son (12 years old) and my oldest Grand-daughter (13 years old); I expect to eat too much bar-be-que and probably a slice or two of birthday cake - gonna be a good time for all!